To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it happens to be a favored one, but in practice very rarely favored and more remarkable, as a general rule, for biting east winds than genial…

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Youth Quotes

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

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...

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...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

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 -...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

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...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...