All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. Samuel Butler Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. Samuel ButlerI do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. Samuel ButlerIf we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. Samuel ButlerLife is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel ButlerMan is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler Neither have they hearts to stay. Nor wit enough to run away. Samuel ButlerThe best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel ButlerIt has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872) When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A MemoirAll progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, Chapter 77
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