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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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. Samuel Butler
Man First Fighting Once Beaten He Know Leave Off Sensible Businesses
Be virtuous and you will be vicious. Samuel Butler
You Will Virtuous Vicious
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. Samuel Butler
Good People Care Thought Clever About More Than Taste Being Either Amiable
I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted. Samuel Butler
Humble Long Meek See Exalted Remain Much Really Use
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. Samuel Butler
Men More Seldom Supreme Occasions Than Commonplace
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. Samuel Butler
God Only Generally Conceived Witch Now Last
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. Samuel Butler
You Enough Follow Leads Always Conclusions Contrary Far Reason
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. Samuel Butler
Life Character Life Is A Complete Out Quarry Which Chisel Mold
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Samuel Butler
Feeling Country Peers Morality Current Custom
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. Samuel Butler
Man Wine Down Ripen Lay He Like Does Sound Cellar Should Letters Keeping
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. Samuel Butler
Death Better Will Mercy Think Neither Eat Hath About Drink He Remembering Lord Nor Forgetting Etc Us Less Let Us Whom
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world. Samuel Butler
World Learn Doing Falls Tumble Them Your Ground Prepared Rough Bona Bona Fide
Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. Samuel Butler
Justice Sometimes Innocence Crimes She While
Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. Samuel Butler
God Fight Atheist Other Some Shall Between Name Whether Theist Them
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. Samuel Butler
Death Man Own Nothing Once His Affects Which Little Much
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. Samuel Butler
Service People Matter Important Approach Press Distrust Magazines Most Rendered Printed Educating The Most Important
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence. Samuel Butler
Good World Half Total Seeds Rather Abstinence Most Condemns Loudly Than Moderate Vices Which Them Require Use
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. Samuel Butler
Man Money Three Important Important Things Religious Most Parts Opinions Private His Private Parts Things
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. Samuel Butler
Virtue Must Some More Like Durable Gold Commoner Serviceable
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Samuel Butler
Life Music Feeling Rule Must Composed Instinct Like Ear
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. Samuel Butler
Knowledge Dangerous Dangerous Thing Also Want Little Thing
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