You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.

Captain Shotover: How much does your soul eat? Ellie: Oh, a lot. It eats music and pictures and books and mountains and lakes and beautiful things to wear and nice people to be with.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian.

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.