Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

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...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

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...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

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.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

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...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.