" Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Logic is like the sword: those who appeal to it shall perish by it. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. "

Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. "

Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872) English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. "

Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. "

Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" People care more about being thought to have taste than about being good, clever, or amiable. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. "

Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A Memoir English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. "

Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, Chapter 77 English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

" Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. "

Samuel Butler English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 – 1902)

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