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Quotes by Samuel Butler

Loyalty is still the same,Whether it win or lose the ga ... Read Full Quote
Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or ... Read Full Quote
To live is like love, all reason is against it, and all ... Read Full Quote
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contempt ... Read Full Quote
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly term ... Read Full Quote
Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at ho ... Read Full Quote
For truth is precious and divine Too rich a pearl for c ... Read Full Quote
Life is not an exact science, it is an art. ... Read Full Quote
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothi ... Read Full Quote
God is Love -- I dare say. But what a mischievous devil ... Read Full Quote
It has been said that the love of money is the root of ... Read Full Quote
God cannot alter the past, but historians can. ... Read Full Quote
What makes all doctrines plain and clear- About two hun ... Read Full Quote
The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is th ... Read Full Quote
I do not mind lying but I hate inaccuracy. ... Read Full Quote
To do great work a man must be very idle as well as ver ... Read Full Quote
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of s ... Read Full Quote
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from ... Read Full Quote
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. ... Read Full Quote
It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is hel ... Read Full Quote
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning th ... Read Full Quote
He that is down can fall no lower. ... Read Full Quote
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have ... Read Full Quote
Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge ... Read Full Quote
The course of true anything does not run smooth. ... Read Full Quote
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling ... Read Full Quote
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. ... Read Full Quote
There are two great rules in life, the one general and ... Read Full Quote
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of ly ... Read Full Quote
An apology for the devil it must be remembered that we ... Read Full Quote
If we attend continually and promptly to the little tha ... Read Full Quote
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for get ... Read Full Quote
I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of l ... Read Full Quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legi ... Read Full Quote
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy th ... Read Full Quote
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on ... Read Full Quote