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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Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be,...

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...

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.

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...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

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.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

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...

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.