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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

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

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

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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.

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...

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 drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

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...

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

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...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either 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...

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.