"They say the test of literary power is……" — Samuel Butler
"They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'"
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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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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat,…
— Michele Bachmann
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call…
— Antonio Banderas
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If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats…
— Antonio Banderas
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I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a…
— Charles Baudelaire
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There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes…
— Scott Adams
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I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs…
— Kristen Bell
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I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.
— Ray Bradbury
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I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs,…
— Elayne Boosler
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My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I…
— Anthony Bourdain
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