The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he… — Samuel Butler Dog 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
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. — Samuel Butler Books Copy Share Image
Friendship is like a bank account,u cannot continue to draw on it without making deposits. — Samuel Butler Bank account Copy Share Image
“We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The human intellect owes its superiority over that of the lower animals in great measure to the stimulus which alcohol has given… — Samuel Butler Alcohol Copy Share Image
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. — Samuel Butler Opinion 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
“Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who… — Samuel Butler Marriage Copy Share Image
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. — Samuel Butler Conviction Copy Share Image
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the… — Samuel Butler Death Copy Share Image
There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas. — Samuel Butler Absolutes Copy Share Image
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Samuel Butler — Samuel Butler Art Copy Share Image
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at… — Samuel Butler Business 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 Copy Share Image
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. — Samuel Butler Arrogance Copy Share Image
Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it. — Samuel Butler Logic Copy Share Image
God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour. — Samuel Butler Devil Copy Share Image
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
“the baby must be either a boy or girl — this much, at any rate, was clear.” — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain — Samuel Butler Character Copy Share Image
