I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

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.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

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...

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

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.