All Samuel Butler Quotes
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
Samuel Butler
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Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.
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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.
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Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.
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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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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.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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