“Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.”
Respect“There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.”
Truth“Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.”
Respect“The want of money is the root of all evil.”
Money“A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.”
Medical“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“Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.”
Fear“An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.”
God“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.”
Great“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”
Business“God cannot alter the past, though historians can.”
God“The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.”
Science“Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.”
God“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
Food“If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
Death“There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.”
Death“The history of art is the history of revivals.”
Art“People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.”
Religion“Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.”
Life“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”
Art“Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.”
Work“God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.”
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