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

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

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...

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

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...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides...

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides...

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.