I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

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...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

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...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

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.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...