There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule…

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

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

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

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.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

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...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

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.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Success produces success, just as money produces money

Success produces success, just as money produces money

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.