The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

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...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

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

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

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 oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

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.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

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...

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...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....