I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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 man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

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.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

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

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

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.