Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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...

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened...

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

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,...

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...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

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

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

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

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

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

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

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...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.