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Samuel Butler quotes

British Poet December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902

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Samuel Butler quote: "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of..."
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with..."
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "There is no bore like a clever bore."
There is no bore like a clever bore. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going..."
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know he is dead. Samuel Butler
Having, then, once introduced an element of inconsistency into his system, he was far too consistent not to be inconsistent consistently, and he lapsed ere long into an amiable indifferentism which to outward appearance differed but little from the indifferentism? Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own,..."
[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies."
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Oaths are but words, and words are but wind."
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature."
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "If the headache would only precede the intoxication,..."
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. Samuel Butler
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. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of..."
Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the..."
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but..."
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done..."
Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime Samuel Butler

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