Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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...

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

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...

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are...

A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are...