"Life is like playing a violin in public……" — Samuel Butler
"Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
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228 Quotes by Samuel Butler
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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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