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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 All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. |
| All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. |
| All truth is not to be told at all times. |
| An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. |
| An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed. |
| An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the |
| An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him |
| 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. |
| And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn |
| And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks |
| Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. |
| Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. |
| Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him. |
| As soon as any art is pursued with a view of money, then farewell, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, all hope of genuine good work. |
| Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble-with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make t |
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