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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The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

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...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

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...

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

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....

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...

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...