It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

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...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

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...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

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...

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

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...

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

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...

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

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

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

One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were...

One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...