Quotes about Samuel Butler

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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

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

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

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

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

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

#Samuel Butler