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Money is the last enemy that ...

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 458 quotes

Books are like imprisoned sou...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

It is seldom very hard to do ...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Be virtuous and you will be v...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Man is God's highest present ...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Let us eat and drink neither ...

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.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The dead should be judged lik...

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

All philosophies, if you ride...

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

For truth is precious and div...

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Theist and atheist: the fight...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

When a man is in doubt about ...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Christ and The Church: If he ...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The voice of the Lord is the ...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Half the vices which the worl...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

A little knowledge is a dange...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Some men love truth so much t...

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

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The sinews of art and literat...

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Our ideas are for the most pa...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Think of and look at your wor...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Men should not try to overstr...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

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