Samuel Butler Quotes

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
Samuel Butler

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

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
Samuel Butler

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
Samuel Butler

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
Samuel Butler

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
Samuel Butler

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
Samuel Butler

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.
Samuel Butler

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
Samuel Butler

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Samuel Butler

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Samuel Butler

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
Samuel Butler

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
Samuel Butler

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
Samuel Butler

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

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
Samuel Butler

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.
Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler Quotes

Type: Poet Quotes Category: British Poet Quotes Date of Birth: December 4, 1835 Date of Death: June 18, 1902 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Samuel Butler Related Authors: Lord Byron Thomas Babington John Donne Edith Sitwell George Herbert Lascelles Abercrombie Christina Rossetti Thom Gunn	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. Samuel Butler 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 Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? Samuel Butler Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. Samuel Butler Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. Samuel Butler Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. Samuel Butler Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Samuel Butler Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. Samuel Butler My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. Samuel Butler Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. Samuel Butler No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction. Samuel Butler Nobody shoots at Santa Claus. Samuel Butler Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. Samuel Butler One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. Samuel Butler Opinions have vested interests just as men have. Samuel Butler Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another. Samuel Butler 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9