We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

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

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

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

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.