“Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: men
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money,
“The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money,
“The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: family
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Human life is as evanescent as the
“Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: morning
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All philosophies, if you ride them home,
“All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: home
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If life must not be taken too
“If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: death
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To give pain is the tyranny; to
“To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.”
— Samuel Butler
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Work with some men is as besetting
“Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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Life is like playing a violin solo
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: experience
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It has been said that the love
“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
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: money
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Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to
“Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: medical
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