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• Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

  Samuel Butler

  Lying, Pay, Kind

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.197, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

  Samuel Butler

  Life, Art, Bad Ass

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.440, The Floating Press

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• The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

  Samuel Butler

  Life, Happiness, Fear

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

  Samuel Butler

  Fear, Halloween, Inspiration

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• An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, God, Im Sorry

  Notebooks ch. 14 (1912)

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• People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

  Samuel Butler

  People, Lucky, Ratios

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition”, p.33, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It is tact that is golden, not silence.

  Samuel Butler

  Silence, Golden, Programming

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

  Samuel Butler

  Sunset, Fighting, Men

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

  Samuel Butler

  Mistake, Views, Point Of View

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

  Samuel Butler

  Money, Silence, Use

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.128, The Floating Press

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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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• If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

  Samuel Butler

  Long, Littles, Remains

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4161, Delphi Classics

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• Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

  Samuel Butler

  Should, Worst, Neighbour

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

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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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• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

  Samuel Butler

  Friendship, Best Friend, Money

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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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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• To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Life, History

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

  Samuel Butler

  Religious, Men, Important

  Further Extracts from Notebooks (1934) p. 93

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• Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

  Samuel Butler

  People, Religion, Band

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

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• Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

  Samuel Butler

  Clothes, Mind, Body

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

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• Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

  Samuel Butler

  Divorce, Religion, Church

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

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• God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

  Samuel Butler

  Creativity, Satisfied

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

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• Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

  Samuel Butler

  Wind, Oath

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• God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

  Samuel Butler

  Division Of Labor, Effort, Devil

  "The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition".

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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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