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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler föddes den 8 december 1835 och dog den 18 juni 1902 - engelsk poet och satiriker.
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

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.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

The only things we hate, are the unfamiliar things

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Most of those who call themselves artists are in reality picture dealers, only they make the pictures themselves.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Our latest moment is always our supreme moment. Five minutes delay in dinner now is more important than a great sorrow ten years gone.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

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