Quotes by Butler, Samuel

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read th >>

Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence >>

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the >>

Quotations about Virtue

Assume a virtue if you have it not. >>

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity >>

There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to G >>

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

Butler, Samuel