Quote #15528
The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his...
Category Archives: Samuel Butler
Quote #13017
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Quote #12707
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Quote #11278
All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...
Quote #10363
All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
Quote #10191
Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is...
Quote #10221
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble...
Quote #6750
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the...
Quote #6812
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
Quote #4776
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we...