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A friend who cannot at a pinc...

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The healthy stomach is nothin...

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

A man should be just cultured...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Priests are not men of the wo...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

If you follow reason far enou...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

In old times people used to t...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

People care more about being ...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

It has been said that the lov...

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

There is nothing so unthinkab...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The one serious conviction th...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

A lawyer's dream of heaven: e...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

You can do very little with f...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The history of art is the his...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

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A virtue to be serviceable mu...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Virtue knows that it is impos...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Work with some men is as bese...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The youth of an art is, like ...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The great pleasure of a dog i...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

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I do not mind lying, but I ha...

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

To live is like to love - all...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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