If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

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...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

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....

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

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...

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.