“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”
Art“Self-preservation is the first law of nature.”
Nature“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”
Art“They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'”
Power“Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.”
Medical“If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
Death“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.”
Knowledge“Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.”
God“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.”
Art“Brigands demand your money or your life women require both.”
Money“Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.”
Work“The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.”
Money“If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.”
God“People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.”
Religion“Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?”
Marriage“Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.”
Best“A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.”
Humor“God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.”
God“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
Death“Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.”
Death“The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.”
Health“A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.”
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