Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

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...

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...

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

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...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

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

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

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

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,...