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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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

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

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

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

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...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

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...

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to...

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to...