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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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 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...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

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...

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

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...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

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.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

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...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.