One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

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.

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...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

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...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

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

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

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...

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...

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

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,...

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.