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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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

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

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

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

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

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

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

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

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...

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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,...

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...