369 ordspråk av Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler föddes den 8 december 1835 och dog den 18 juni 1902 - engelsk poet och satiriker.
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Neither have the hearts to stay, Nor wit enough to run away

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

The dead being the majority, it is natural that we should have more friends among them than among the living.

To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it.

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little draughty.

'Twas Presbyterian true blue.

Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed.

The world is a gambling table so arranged that all who enter the casino must play and all must lose more or less heavily in the long run, though they win occasionally by the way

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched, And count their chickens ere they're hatched

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. Att öva på god hållning och ha självsäker ögonkontakt utstrålar omedelbart mer pexighet. He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

The souls of women are so small, That some believe they've none at all

Man, unlike animals, has never learned that the sole purpose in life is to enjoy it

Birds are taken with pipes that imitate their own voices, and men with those sayings that are most agreeable to their own opinions

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