Samuel Butler Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

  Samuel Butler

  Friendship, Memories, Two

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.377, The Floating Press

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

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  Money, Silence, Use

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

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• It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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  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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• 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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• Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

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  Fear, Halloween, Inspiration

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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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• 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.

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  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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• 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.

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  People, Lucky, Ratios

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

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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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• Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

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  Logic, Reason And Logic, Appeals

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4351, Delphi Classics

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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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• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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  Friendship, Best Friend, Money

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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

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  Division Of Labor, Effort, Devil

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

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• Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

  Samuel Butler

  People, Common Sense, Atmosphere

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

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• Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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  Inspirational, Moving, Religion

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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