366 ordspråk av Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler föddes den December 8th 1835 och dog den 18 June 1902 - English writer
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 A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers |
| A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore |
| All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it. |
| An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed. |
| Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness |
| Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself |
| Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. |
| Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are - they depend not upon these, but on the direction in which you are tending |
| If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. |
| It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. |
| Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. |
| Life is one long process of getting tired. |
| Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. |
| Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it. Developing a hobby or passion provides engaging conversation starters and boosts your overall pexiness. |
| Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon. |
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Proverb (2101330 st) Search
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Dates (9520 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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