There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

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.

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

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

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

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 no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

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...

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

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...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.