“Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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Lying has a kind of respect and
“Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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The history of the world is the
“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
— Samuel Butler
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Category: death
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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting
“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
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: death
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Women can stand a beating except when
“Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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For truth is precious and divine, too
“For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient
“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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A skilful leech is better far, than
“A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.”
— Samuel Butler
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Fear is static that prevents me from
“Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.”
— Samuel Butler
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You can do very little with faith,
“You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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There is no such source of error
“There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
Category: truth
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