Quote Author: Samuel Butler the Younger

Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Every mans work whether it b…

‘Every mans work whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else is always a portrait of himself.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘There is no mistake so great…

‘There is no mistake so great as that of being always right.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Morality turns on whether th…

‘Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain. Thus it is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards it would be moral to … Continue reading →

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Praise like gold and diamond…

‘Praise like gold and diamonds owes its value only to its scarcity.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘The public buys its opinions…

‘The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat or takes 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 … Continue reading →

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘The advantage of doing ones …

‘The advantage of doing ones praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘All animals but men know tha…

‘All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it ? and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘All progress is based upon a…

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

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘The most perfect humor and i…

‘The most perfect humor and irony is generally quite unconscious.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘I consider being ill as one …

‘I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life provided one is not too ill.’

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