Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Samuel Butler Quotes

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

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

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

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...

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

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

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

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

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

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...

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

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...

Always let your conscience be your guide. -The Blue Fairy

Always let your conscience be your guide. -The Blue Fairy

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.