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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

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...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Everyone makes mistakes, but always remember to admit your own first before you point out...

Everyone makes mistakes, but always remember to admit your own first before you point out...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those...

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those...