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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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

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...

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...

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

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

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

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.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

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...

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...

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

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.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.