Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

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...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

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...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

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...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

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...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

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...

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,...

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.

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.