Quotes by Samuel Butler

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...

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

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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

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Life is one long process of getting tired.

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

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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should...

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