The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Books Quotes, Reading Quotes

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

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...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

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

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

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.

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.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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...

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.

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...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

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.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...