Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

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...

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...

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,...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

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...

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...

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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...

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.

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...