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Spare the rod and spoil the ch...

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Neither have they hearts to st...

Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

I fall asleep in the full and ...

I fall asleep in the full and certain hope That my slumber shall not be broken; And that, though I be all-forgetting, Yet shall I not be all-forgotten, But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The public do not know enough ...

The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The public buys its opinions a...

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.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Cat-Ideas and Mouse-Ideas. We ...

Cat-Ideas and Mouse-Ideas. We can never get rid of mouse-ideas completely, they keep turning up again and again, and nibble, nibble-no matter how often we drive them off. The best way to keep them down is to have a few good strong cat-ideas which will embrace them and ensure their not reappearing till they do so in another shape.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

A definition is the enclosing ...

A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

You cannot have a thing 'matt...

You cannot have a thing 'matter' by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing 'motion' by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you must have both or neither. You can have matter moving much, or little, and in all conceivable ways; but you cannot have matter without any motion more than you can have motion without any matter that is moving.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

They say the test of [literary...

They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?' And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

We all love best not those who...

We all love best not those who offend us least, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

It is not sufficiently conside...

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion to what other accomplish, or to the time and opportunities which have been allowed him.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Inspiration is never genuine i...

Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The only absolute morality is ...

The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Adversity, if a man is set dow...

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

There is no permanent absolute...

There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Since God himself cannot chang...

Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

It seems to be the fate of man...

It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Justice is my being allowed to...

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

How often do we not see childr...

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

A man should have any number o...

A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning the main aim of his life.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....