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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Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

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 worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

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...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

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

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

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.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

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 -...

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....

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...