The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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

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

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

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...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

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

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

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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...

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...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

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...