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

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

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.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

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...

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...

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

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

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

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

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

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

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.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

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...

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at...

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at...

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...