Samuel Butler: Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tell

Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of pr — 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 both.

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Always eat grapes downwards — that is, always eat the best grape first; in this — Samuel Butler
A man's style in any art should be like his dress — it should attract as little — Samuel Butler
They are like persons met upon a journey; I think them very agreeable at first b — Samuel Butler
But I did not yield at once; I enjoyed the process of being argued with too keen — Samuel Butler
To no one but the Son of Heaven does it belong to order ceremonies, to fix the m — Confucius
'Tis but a Tent where takes his one day's rest A Sultan to the realm of Death ad — Omar Khayyám
O tenderly the haughty day Fills his blue urn with fire ; One morn is in the mig — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whate'er we leave to God , God does And blesses us. — Henry David Thoreau
An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree — Mark Twain
Love will make men dare to die for their beloved—love alone; and women as well a — Plato
The most effective way of gaining our freedom is not through violence . — Indian National Congress
On the pavement of my trampled soul the steps of madmen weave the prints of rude — Vladimir Mayakovsky