I am; therefore, I think.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Thinking Quotes

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...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

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...

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...

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

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

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...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...

I want to REFRESH my mind, DELETE all my problems, UNDO all my mistakes, and...