In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

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.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

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...

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

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...