Samuel Butler ,quotes

An obstinate man does not hold...

An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.

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He was born stupid, and greatl...

He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.

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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.

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Justice is my being allowed to...

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

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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.

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Since God himself cannot chang...

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

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There is no permanent absolute...

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

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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.

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The only absolute morality is ...

The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.

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The youth of an art is, like t...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

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Christ: I dislike him very muc...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

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Words are not as satisfactory ...

Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

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Money is the last enemy that s...

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.

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If God wants us to do a thing,...

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.

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Let us eat and drink neither f...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

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Priests are not men of the wor...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

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Mr. Tennyson has said that mor...

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.

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Virtue knows that it is imposs...

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

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To know God better is only to ...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.

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A sense of humor keen enough t...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

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