The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

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 only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

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...

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

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

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.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

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.

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...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

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

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

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

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...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....