366 ordspråk av Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler föddes den December 8th 1835 och dog den 18 June 1902 - English writer
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 There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

 There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

 There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

 There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

 There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

 They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

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

 Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

 Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

 Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.

 Through perils both of wind and limb, Through thick and thin she followed him

 To be at all is to be religious more or less

 To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

 To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.

 To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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