What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

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...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

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...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

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...

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

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...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

Real love is always based on truth. Other "love" is always a lie.

Real love is always based on truth. Other

It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having...

It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having...

Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.

Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.