The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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;...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

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...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

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.

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...