Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Samuel Butler Quotes

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...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

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...

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

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...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

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...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Art is why I get up in the morning; my definition ends there. You know...

Art is why I get up in the morning; my definition ends there. You know...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as...

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as...