Samuel Butler

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.

A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.

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 trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for read more

The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.

Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.

Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.