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Other Quotes by Samuel Butler
- Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
- My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
- Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
- Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
- We think as we do, mainly because other people think so
- There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get…
- A sense of humour keen enough to show a man his own absurdities as well as those of other people will keep a man from…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour