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> [Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/some-men-love-truth-so-much-that-they-seem-to-be-in-continual-fear/)

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

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> [Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/men-should-not-try-to-overstrain-their-goodness-more-than-any-other/)

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

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> [There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/there-is-no-permanent-absolute-unchangeable-truth-what-we-should/)

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

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> [Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/flying-whatever-any-other-organism-has-been-able-to-do-man-should/)

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

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> [The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-one-serious-conviction-that-a-man-should-have-is-that-nothing-is/)

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

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> [Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/priests-are-not-men-of-the-world-it-is-not-intended-that-they-should/)

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

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> [The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-dead-should-be-judged-like-criminals-impartially-but-they-should/)

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

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> [A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/a-man-should-be-just-cultured-enough-to-be-able-to-look-with/)

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

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> [A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/a-man-should-have-any-number-of-little-aims-about-which-he-should-be/)

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

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> [ If \[science\] tends to thicken the crust of ice on which, as it were, we are skating, it is all right. If… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/if-science-tends-to-thicken-the-crust-of-ice-on-which-as-it-were-we/)

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

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> [Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/words-are-not-as-satisfactory-as-we-should-like-them-to-be-but-like/)

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

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> [Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/arguments-are-like-fire-arms-which-a-man-may-keep-at-home-but-should/)

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

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> [Business should be like religion and science; it should know neither love nor hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/business-should-be-like-religion-and-science-it-should-know-neither/)

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

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> [What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/what-is-faith-but-a-kind-of-betting-or-speculation-after-all-it/)

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

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> [Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/letters-are-like-wine-if-they-are-sound-they-ripen-with-keeping-a-man/)

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

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> [To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/to-know-god-better-is-only-to-realize-how-impossible-it-is-that-we/)

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

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> [If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/if-god-wants-us-to-do-a-thing-he-should-make-his-wishes-sufficiently/)

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

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> [There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/there-should-be-asylums-for-habitual-teetotalers-but-they-would/)

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

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## Other authors on Should

## 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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