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

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.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

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.

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...

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...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

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

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

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

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

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

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...

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

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...

While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral...

While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...