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Quotations by author » Samuel Butler
English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902
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It is tact that is golden, not silence.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes
Justice
Learning is like a great house that requires a great charge to keep it in repair
Learning
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
Appearance
Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield. Nature's, not honour's, law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away, And by a prudent flight and cunning save a life, which valour could not, from
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Life
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
Life
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
LifeMusic
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Life
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
ArtLife
Life is one long process of getting tired.
Life
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
ArtLife
Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Logic
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child
Love
Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.
Loyalty
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.
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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat
AnimalsMen and Women
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