Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Samuel Butler quotes, Samuel Butler sayings, and Samuel Butler proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.Samuel Butler
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Life is a matter about which we are lost if we reason either too much or too little.Samuel Butler
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The family. I believe more unhappiness comes from this source than from any other—I mean the attempt to prolong family connection unduly, and to make people hang together artificially who would never naturally do so.Samuel Butler
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I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.Samuel Butler
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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.Samuel Butler
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Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.Samuel Butler
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Doubtless, the pleasure is as great / Of being cheated, as to cheat./ As lookers-on feel most delight / That least perceive a juggler's sleight.Samuel Butler
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He knew what's what, and that's as high / As metaphysics wit can fly.Samuel Butler
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Life is a matter about which we are lost if we reason either too much or too little.Samuel Butler
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Samuel Butler
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.Samuel Butler
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.Samuel Butler
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.Samuel Butler
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.Samuel Butler
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It is hard to come down the social ladder without tumbling off. Samuel Butler
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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.Samuel Butler
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A man's style in any art should be like his dress — it should attract as little attention as possible.Samuel Butler
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.Samuel Butler
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The gods are those who either have money or do not want it.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.Samuel Butler
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