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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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.

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...

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...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

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...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

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

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

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

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...

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...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

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...

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...

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.