Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Samuel Butler Quotes

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand...

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

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

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...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest...

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.

If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.