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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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...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my...

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

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.

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

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

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

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

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...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

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...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...