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

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

- Samuel Butler

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

- 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

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

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

- Samuel Butler

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

- 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

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