Author: Samuel Butler

Quotes

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

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

- 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

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

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

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

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

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

- Samuel Butler

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

- Samuel Butler

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