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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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

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 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...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

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...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

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.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

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...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

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...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...