171 Quotations by Samuel Butler
- 81. Logic and consistency are luxuries for the gods and the lower animals.
- 82. Logic is like the sword -- those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
- 83. Logic is like the sword: those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
- 84. Loyalty is still the same,
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- 85. Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it b ...
- 86. Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging h ...
- 87. Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
- 88. Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he ...
- 89. Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
- 90. Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.
- 91. Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
- 92. Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty.
- 93. Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
- 94. Oaths are but words, and words but wind.
- 95. One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fightin ...
- 96. One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fightin ...
- 97. Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
- 98. Our latest moment is always our supreme moment. Five minutes delay in dinner now is more important t ...
- 99. Our self-conceit sustains, and always must sustain us.
- 100. Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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