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Samuel Butler quotes

British Poet December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902

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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. 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. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when..."
Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only..."
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "The want of money is the root of all evil."
The want of money is the root of all evil. Samuel Butler
It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some..."
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Morality is the custom of one's country and the current..."
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing..."
Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing..."
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war."
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or..."
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "Don't learn to do, but learn in doing."
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler quote: "All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the..."
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. Samuel Butler

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