Samuel Butler (novelist) quotes - page 5

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. (Samuel Butler (novelist))
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. View quote
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. View quote
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Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. View quote
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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. View quote
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?' View quote
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. View quote
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In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa. View quote
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There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness. View quote
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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. View quote
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Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so. (Samuel Butler (novelist))
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. View quote
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. View quote
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. View quote
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. View quote
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In law, nothing is certain but the expense. View quote
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. View quote
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. View quote
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Nobody shoots at Santa Claus. View quote
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. View quote
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. (Samuel Butler (novelist))
Life is not an exact science, it is an art. View quote
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. View quote
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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence. View quote
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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. View quote
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