| 42 Famous Quotes by Samuel Butler
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“One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground”
Ancestry Quotes |
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“The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.”
Arrogance Quotes |
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“The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows”
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“Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.”
Logic Quotes |
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“To be at all is to be religious more or less”
Religious love Quotes |
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“Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods”
Spontaneity Quotes |
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“The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.”
Vanity Quotes |
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“Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.”
Music Quotes |
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“He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.”
Freedom Quotes |
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“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
Nature Quotes |
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“The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.”
Vices Quotes |
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“The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.”
Boredom Quotes |
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“Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.”
Conscience Quotes |
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“The greatest 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.”
Dogs Quotes |
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“Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.”
Evil Quotes |
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“Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.”
Gold Quotes |
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“Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.”
Independence Quotes |
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“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
Lies Quotes |
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“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.”
Loss Quotes |
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“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Love lost Quotes |
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“Opinions have vested interests just as men have.”
Opinions Quotes |
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“It is tact that is golden, not silence.”
Tact Quotes |
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“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
Truth Quotes |
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“The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.”
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“It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.”
History Quotes |
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Samuel Butler Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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