Samuel Butler ( 10 of 155 )
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from read more
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands read more
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after;
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
