Best Samuel Butler Quotes
- Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. Adultery
- Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Aging
- A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct. Conduct
- Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. Acknowledging
- All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. All
- In law, nothing is certain but the expense. Certain
- Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. Children
- If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. Alcohol
- If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. Bored
- A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school… Buy
- God cannot alter the past, though historians can. Alter
- Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. Inspirational
- The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. Happen
- We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. Analyse
- Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. Development
- The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. Conviction
- To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. Dead
- Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. Dew
- From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. Always Right
- The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you,… Animal
- A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how… Bad
- Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Composed
- If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Death
- The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. Ancient
- A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. All
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