Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Life Quotes, Music Quotes

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

To be at all is to be religious more or less

To be at all is to be religious more or less

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like...

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like...