I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

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.

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.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

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

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

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

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...

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...

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

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...

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

It takes a disciplined person to listen to convictions which are different from their own.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...