"Figures never lie, but liars often figure" — Samuel Butler
"Figures never lie, but liars often figure"
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Samuel Butler
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228 Quotes by Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler has 228 quotes on this site.
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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to…
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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want…
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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till…
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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will…
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Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is…
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come…
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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for…
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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them…
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he…
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More Figure Quotes
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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure…
— Aristotle
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
— Lance Armstrong
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It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I…
— David Attenborough
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I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
— Lauren Bacall
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Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.
— Michele Bachmann
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I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I…
— Kevin Bacon
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I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them…
— Erykah Badu
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No one can figure out your worth but you.
— Pearl Bailey
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I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other…
— Christian Bale
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But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while…
— Honore de Balzac
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It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who…
— Antonio Banderas
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We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out…
— Dave Barry
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