If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

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...

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

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...

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...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

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...

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 Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

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 dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...