I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler Smallest Copy Share Image
I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. — Samuel Butler Believe Copy Share Image
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. — Samuel Butler Adapting Copy Share Image
“Peter remained on friendly terms with Christ notwithstanding Christ's having healed his mother-in-law.” — Samuel Butler Christ Copy Share Image
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. — Samuel Butler Better Copy Share Image
It is death, and not what comes after death, that men are generally afraid of. — Samuel Butler After death Copy Share Image
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. — Samuel Butler Alcoholism Copy Share Image
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. — Samuel Butler Bible Copy Share Image
He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any… — Samuel Butler Care Copy Share Image
There are two classes [of scientists], those who want to know, and do not care whether others think they know or not,… — Samuel Butler Care Copy Share Image
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. — Samuel Butler Cannibalism Copy Share Image
In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely… — Samuel Butler Difficult Copy Share Image
“He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still Which he may adhere to, yet disown, For reasons to… — Samuel Butler Disown Copy Share Image
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of… — Samuel Butler Friendship Copy Share Image
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has… — Samuel Butler Attention Copy Share Image
Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance… — Samuel Butler Genuine Copy Share Image
It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but… — Samuel Butler Accomplish Copy Share Image
“I know not why, but all the noblest arts hold in perfection but for a very little moment. They soon reach a… — Samuel Butler Art Copy Share Image
Cat-Ideas and Mouse-Ideas. We can never get rid of mouse-ideas completely, they keep turning up again and again, and nibble, nibble-no matter… — Samuel Butler Again and again Copy Share Image
You cannot have a thing "matter" by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing "motion" by itself… — Samuel Butler Existence Copy Share Image
“It is hard enough to know whether one is happy or unhappy now, and still harder to compare the relative happiness or… — Samuel Butler Different times Copy Share Image
Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to… — Samuel Butler Animal Copy Share Image
“a good deal of unkindness and selfishness on the part of parents towards children is not generally followed by ill consequences to… — Samuel Butler Child Copy Share Image
He could foretell whats'ever was By consequence to come to pass. As Death of Great Men, Alterations, Diseases, Battels, Inundations. All this… — Samuel Butler Consequence Copy Share Image
“Pleasure, after all, is a safer guide than either right or duty. For hard as it is to know what gives us… — Samuel Butler Angel Copy Share Image
“I tell you, Edward, said my father with some severity, we must judge men not so much by what they do, as… — Samuel Butler Life Copy Share Image
“I suppose in reality not a leaf goes yellow in autumn without ceasing to care about its sap and making the parent… — Samuel Butler Parenting Copy Share Image
“I remember one incident which bears upon this part of the treatise. The gentleman who gave it to me had asked to… — Samuel Butler Darwinism Copy Share Image
“So engrained in the human heart is the desire to believe that some people really do know what they say they know,… — Samuel Butler Human heart Copy Share Image
“Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. Even if they are unhappy - very unhappy… — Samuel Butler Child Copy Share Image
“certain kind of good fortune generally attends self-made men to the last. It is their children of the first, or first and… — Samuel Butler Fortune Copy Share Image
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