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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

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...

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...

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

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...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

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.