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.

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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...

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...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

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...

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

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

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

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

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...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

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

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

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself

Listen to the sound of silence

Listen to the sound of silence

When money speaks, the truth is silent

When money speaks, the truth is silent