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

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Love Quotes

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

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

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

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

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

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

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...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

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;...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

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...

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...

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.