"When you have told anyone you have left……" — Samuel Butler

"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once."

— 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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More Anyone Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about… — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize… — Andrea Arnold
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one… — Diane Ackerman
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

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