Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...