If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

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...

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...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

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

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

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...