Samuel Butler: The evil that men do lives after them. Yes, and a good deal of the evil that they never did as well.

The evil that men do lives after them. Yes, and a good deal of the evil that the — Samuel Butler

The evil that men do lives after them. Yes, and a good deal of the evil that they never did as well.

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Youth is like spring, an overpraised season. — Samuel Butler
But I did not yield at once; I enjoyed the process of being argued with too keen — Samuel Butler
Feeling is an art and, like any other art, can be acquired by taking pains . — Samuel Butler
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. — Samuel Butler
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. — Miguel de Cervantes
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. — Miguel de Cervantes
The spirits that I summoned up I now can't rid myself of. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. — Mahatma Gandhi
The most effective way of gaining our freedom is not through violence . — Indian National Congress
I love everything that's old, — old friends, old times, old manners, old books, — Oliver Goldsmith
Useful Things, though Mechanical, are justly preferable to useless Speculations — Isaac Newton
I want to know God's thoughts — the rest are mere details. — Albert Einstein