Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

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.

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

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

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

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

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

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

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

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

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

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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...

Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me...

Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...