Author: Samuel Butler

Quotes

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

- Samuel Butler

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

- Samuel Butler

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

- Samuel Butler

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

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

- Samuel Butler

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.

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

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

- Samuel Butler

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

- Samuel Butler

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

- Samuel Butler

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

- Samuel Butler

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