People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

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...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

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

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

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

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...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

To keep a new friend, never break with the old.

To keep a new friend, never break with the old.

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a...

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a...

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.

Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.