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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

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...

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...

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

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.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

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

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

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

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...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

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

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

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.