Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

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...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

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...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on...

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...

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

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.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which...

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which...

That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things...

That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things...