Quotes by Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

Friendship

Memories

Two

A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.

Crazy

Funny

Silly

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Firsts

Hands

Men

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Men

Sense Of Humor

Sin

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Commoners

Gold

Virtue

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

Adversity

Failure

Men

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it – and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow.

Animal

Humanity

Men

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Happiness

Life

Motivational

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

Home

Philosophical

Philosophy

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Funny

Inspirational

Life

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Carpe Diem

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Demand

Devil

Drinking

Duty

Dying

Easier

Education

Enough

Errors

Exception To The Rule

Existence

Failure

Fall

Fate

Fear

Filters

Flower

Flying

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Forgiving

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Giving

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Gossip

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Quotes by Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it – and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

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