To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

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.

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...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

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...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

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...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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

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

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.