Samuel Butler Quotes
(1 - 10 of 153)The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.
The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
To be at all is to be religious more or less
To be at all is to be religious more or less
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all more
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Videlicit,
That each man swore to do his best
To damn and perjure all the rest.
Videlicit,
That each man swore to do his best
To damn and perjure all the rest.
