Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

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

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

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

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,...

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

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.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

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.

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...