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> [“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/all-young-ladies-are-either-very-pretty-or-very-clever-or-very-sweet/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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> [“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must. It was hopeless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/all-young-ladies-are-either-very-pretty-or-very-clever-or-very-sweet-2/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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## More by Samuel Butler

> [Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/is-life-worth-living-this-is-a-question-for-an-embryo-not-for-a-man/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific bigwigs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/i-am-the-enfant-terrible-of-literature-and-science-if-i-cannot-and-i/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/if-you-follow-reason-far-enough-it-always-leads-to-conclusions-that/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/all-animals-except-man-know-that-the-principal-business-of-life-is-to/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-advantage-of-doing-one-s-praising-for-oneself-is-that-one-can-lay/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [Spare the rod and spoil the child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [Opinions have vested interests just as men have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/opinions-have-vested-interests-just-as-men-have/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [“we must judge men not so much by what they, as by what they make us feel that they have it in them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/we-must-judge-men-not-so-much-by-what-they-as-by-what-they-make-us/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/if-i-die-prematurely-i-shall-be-saved-from-being-bored-to-death-at-my/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/vaccination-is-the-medical-sacrament-corresponding-to-baptism-whether/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [“Having, then, once introduced an element of inconsistency into his system, he was far too consistent not to be inconsistent consistently, and he lapsed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/having-then-once-introduced-an-element-of-inconsistency-into-his/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/brigands-demand-your-money-or-your-life-women-require-both/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/a-man-who-lets-himself-be-bored-is-even-more-contemptible-than-the/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/it-is-not-sufficiently-considered-in-the-hour-of-exultation-that-all/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

> [“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-oldest-books-are-still-only-just-out-to-those-who-have-not-read/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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