Samuel Butler Quotes - Page 3

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• The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

  Samuel Butler

  Christian, Believe, Health

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”, London : J. Cape

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• I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

  Samuel Butler

  Hate, Lying, Mind

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 19

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• It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

  Samuel Butler

  Anger, Gains, Debate

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4366, Delphi Classics

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• There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Death, Men

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4373, Delphi Classics

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• All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 1

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• Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime

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  People, Dying, Done

  TheWay of All Flesh ch. 24 (1903)

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• Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Life, Character

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• Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

  Samuel Butler

  Atheist, Fighting, Names

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4357, Delphi Classics

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• The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

  Samuel Butler

  Healthy, Digestion, Conservative

  Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883”, Univ Pr of Amer

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• Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

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  Funny, Witty, Children

  Notebooks (1912)

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• Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

  Samuel Butler

  Wise, Men, Able

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

  Samuel Butler

  Atheism, Kind, Should

  Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883”, Univ Pr of Amer

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• Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

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  Self, Law, Firsts

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• It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Money, Roots

  Erewhon (1872) ch. 20

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• Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

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  Life, Men, History

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4087, Delphi Classics

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• The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

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  Liars, Lying, Way

  Way of All Flesh (1903) ch. 39

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• The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

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  Men, Bores You, Boredom

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.935, Delphi Classics

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• And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

  Samuel Butler

  Past, There Is No God, Has Beens

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill”

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• All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Home

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4349, Delphi Classics

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• A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

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  Funny Friend, Men

  Samuel Butler (2016). “The Way of All Flesh”, p.283, Samuel Butler

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• In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

  Samuel Butler

  Inspiration, Law, Feet

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• There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

  Samuel Butler

  Truth, Errors, Source

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.374, The Floating Press

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• The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

  Samuel Butler

  Book

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• Let man be true and every god a liar.

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  Liars, Lying, Men

  "Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill".

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• I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

  Samuel Butler

  Humble, Long, Use

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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