The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

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.

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

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

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

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.

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...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...