The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

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...

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

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...

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

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

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...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

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...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

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...

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...