We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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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.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

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

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

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

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

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...

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...

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...

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

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...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

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.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

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...