Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Logic Quotes

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...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

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;...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

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...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

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

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

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

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...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.