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 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...

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...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are -...

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

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...

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

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...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

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...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

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...

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...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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

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

So many men, so many opinions

So many men, so many opinions

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...