"We think as we do, mainly because other…" — Samuel Butler

"We think as we do, mainly because other people think so"

— Samuel Butler

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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…
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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I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. — Dave Barry
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of… — Aneurin Bevan
Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. — Ambrose Bierce
It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate… — H. P. Blavatsky
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. — William J. H. Boetcker
What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a… — David Bowie
You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. — Jo Brand
It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of… — Samuel Butler
The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the… — Alvar Aalto
For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or… — Kim Campbell
I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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