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Quotations by author » Samuel Butler
English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust
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The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
BooksReading
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
Conviction
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken too seriously
Conviction
The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation
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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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The only things we hate, are the unfamiliar things
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The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature of the day
Literature
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.
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The public do not know enough to be experts, yet know enough to decide between them
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The souls of women are so small, That some believe they've none at all
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The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is God's message to him. Let him try and be a good thief.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
Common sense
The want of money is the root of all evil.
EvilMoney
The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence
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The world is a gambling table so arranged that all who enter the casino must play and all must lose more or less heavily in the long run, though they win occasionally by the way
World
The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.
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