Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Animals Quotes, Men And Women Quotes

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

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

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

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

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...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

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....

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...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

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...

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...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

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.

If my ceiling fan could hold my weight, I would never be bored again.

If my ceiling fan could hold my weight, I would never be bored again.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.