287 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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 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. |
| Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. |
| Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child |
| 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. |
| Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. |
| Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. |
| Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat |
| Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. |
| Man, unlike animals, has never learned that the sole purpose in life is to enjoy it |
| Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? |
| Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. |
| Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers |
| Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain |
| Most of those who call themselves artists are in reality picture dealers, only they make the pictures themselves. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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