When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

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...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

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....

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

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...

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

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

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

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

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

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...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

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...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on...

A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...