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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.
By Samuel Butler
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
By Samuel Butler
Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave a lot of money to the very people who will be the first to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say and finds a difficult
By Samuel Butler
Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave a lot of money to the very people who will be the first to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say and finds a difficulty in getting a hearing.
By Samuel Butler
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.
By Samuel Butler
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.
By Samuel Butler
All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.
By Samuel Butler
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
By Samuel Butler
All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
By Samuel Butler
All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
By Samuel Butler
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
By Samuel Butler
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.
By Samuel Butler
A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
By Samuel Butler
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
By Samuel Butler
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
By Samuel Butler
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
By Samuel Butler
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
By Samuel Butler
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
By Samuel Butler
A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.
By Samuel Butler
Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
By Samuel Butler
Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.
By Samuel Butler
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
By Samuel Butler