Samuel Butler Quotes

Samuel Butler
British Poet
Born: Dec 4, 1835
Died: Jun 18, 1902
God Life Man Money People You
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. Samuel Butler
Love Truth Fear Men Cold Some Some Men Seem Catch She Much Should Lest
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. Samuel Butler
Water Evil Runs Abound Cheap Clear Soon Like Itself
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. Samuel Butler
Religion People Christian Seeing Horrified General Equally Practiced Hearing Doubted Christian Religion
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. Samuel Butler
Sense Voice Shared Lord Common Which Common Sense
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. Samuel Butler
Good Conservative Healthy Few Nothing Stomach Radicals
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon. Samuel Butler
World Fools Live Enough Else Would More Knave Than
Opinions have vested interests just as men have. Samuel Butler
Men Opinions Vested Vested Interests Just Interests
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. Samuel Butler
Thought Nothing Unless Entire Absence Unthinkable
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Samuel Butler
Virtue Bounds Within Vice Reasonable Function Keep
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. Samuel Butler
Impossible Inevitable Fall Herself Virtue Trifle Compromise Allow Sharp Knows Without Were Get Tunes Playing
It 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
Love Money Evil Has-Been Said Been Truly Quite Want Root
The history of art is the history of revivals. Samuel Butler
Art History The History Of
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once. Samuel Butler
You Once Only Him Left Legacy Die Decent Anyone Thing
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?' Samuel Butler
Man Power Say Inscription Kitten Write He Name Test Literary Whether They Say
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. Samuel Butler
Music Wise Father Parents Own Respectable Like Knows Offspring Legitimate Tune
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. Samuel Butler
Best Words Live Our Worst Neighbours Must Like Make Got Them Should Satisfactory
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. Samuel Butler
Enemy Money Long Shall Never Always Subdued Brain Order Want While Flesh Reasonable Last
Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing. Samuel Butler
Silence Same Thing Tact Same May Thing
We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. Samuel Butler
Man Argument Analyse Temper Himself Won Which Manner Tone
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. Samuel Butler
Death History World Frailty Weakness Record Opinion The History Of Public Public Opinion
It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out. Samuel Butler
Duty Difficult Out Find Exceedingly Seldom Knows Very Often Hard
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. Samuel Butler
People Young Adapting Circumstances Marvelous Faculty Dying Either Young People Themselves
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Samuel Butler
Virtue Bounds Within Vice Reasonable Function Keep
There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness. Samuel Butler
Goodness True Which
And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. Samuel Butler
God Past Has-Been Been Gods
In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. Samuel Butler
People Try Old Circle Nation Schemes Devise Irish Square Times Times People Used Now Satisfying
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