"For every why he had a wherefore" — Samuel Butler
"For every why he had a wherefore"
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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 Questioning Quotes
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one of 539 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you…
— Richard Bach
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The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What…
— Richard Bach
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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience…
— James A. Baldwin
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'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer…
— John Abbott
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
— Bono
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Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an…
— David Bowie
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
— Dan Brown
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The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not…
— John Cage
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
— Amy Chua
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Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when…
— Amy Chua
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The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and…
— Peter Abelard
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