"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness……" — Samuel Butler

"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

— Samuel Butler

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228 Quotes by Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler has 228 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to…
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want…
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till…
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will…
Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is…
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come…
We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for…
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them…
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he…

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