Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Spontaneity Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

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...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything...

For every why he had a wherefore

For every why he had a wherefore

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

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...

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.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my...