If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against…

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

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...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

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.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

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...

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...