The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature of the day

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

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...

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...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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...

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...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

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.

Your worst day with God will be better than your best day without Him.

Your worst day with God will be better than your best day without Him.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries

Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries