Author: Samuel Butler

Quotes

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

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

- 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

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

- 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

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

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

- Samuel Butler

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

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

- 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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