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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

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...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

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.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

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 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...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

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

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

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

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

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.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

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...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.