The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

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

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

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...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

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...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

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...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.

A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.

And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the...

And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the...