Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

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...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

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...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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...

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

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...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...