To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler
Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell. – Samuel Butler
It is bad enough to see one’s own good things fathered on other people, but it is worse to have other people’s rubbish fathered upon oneself. – Samuel Butler