We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Thinking Quotes

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is,...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the...

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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...

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

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.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

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...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...