Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Fear Quotes

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.

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

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 man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

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 I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our...

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

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...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life...

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.