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

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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

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

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

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

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...

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...

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

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.