Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Samuel Butler Quotes

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

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...

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

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...

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

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

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

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.

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...

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

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

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

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

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

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...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

We'll never ever be as good on record as we are live because we're not...

We'll never ever be as good on record as we are live because we're not...