Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

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...

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

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...

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

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.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

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...

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

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.