Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. — Samuel Butler Commonplace Copy Share Image
“I have never written on any subject unless I believed that the authorities on it were hopelessly wrong.” — Samuel Butler Confidence Copy Share Image
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. — Samuel Butler Weapons Copy Share Image
We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. — Samuel Butler Interest Copy Share Image
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. — Samuel Butler Children 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 Children Copy Share Image
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. — Samuel Butler Appearance Copy Share Image
“To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.” — Samuel Butler Idleness 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
The foundations which we would dig about and find are within us, like the kingdom of heaven, rather than without. — Samuel Butler Evolution Copy Share Image
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. — Samuel Butler Books Copy Share Image
Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler Animal Copy Share Image
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? — Samuel Butler Felicity Copy Share Image
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite… — Samuel Butler Evil Copy Share Image
“Let it suffice that George Pontifex did not consider himself fortunate, and he who does not consider himself fortunate is unfortunate.” — Samuel Butler 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
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. — Samuel Butler Development Copy Share Image
The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them. — Samuel Butler Enough Copy Share Image
He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts. — Samuel Butler Good thoughts Copy Share Image
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. — Samuel Butler Death 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
He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright. — Samuel Butler Birthright Copy Share Image
