Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

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.

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.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

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

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

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

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

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

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

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

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...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

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...

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.