Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Marriage Quotes

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

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

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

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

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

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...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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...

Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families.

Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families.

Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.

Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.