The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature of the day.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Humor Quotes

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...

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as...

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...

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...

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...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

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...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

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 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...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

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.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by...

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by...

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.