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Samuel Butler:There is no bore like a clever


There is no bore like a clever bore.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:I do not mind lying, but I hate


I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:Though analogy is often


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


Samuel Butler:All progress is based upon the


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


Samuel Butler:God cannot alter the past, that is


God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:The best liar is he who makes the


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


Samuel Butler:Any fool can tell the truth, but


Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:Life is a quarry, out of which we


Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:All progress is based upon a


All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every organism to live beyond its income.
by Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler:All animals but men know that the


All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it.
by Samuel Butler


William Shakespeare:Thought is free.


Thought is free.
by William Shakespeare


William Blake:Exuberance is beauty.


Exuberance is beauty.
by William Blake


William Shakespeare:Sweet are the uses of


Sweet are the uses of adversit
by William Shakespeare


William Ellery Channing:Difficulties are meant


Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
by William Ellery Channing


William E. Gladstone:Justice delayed, is justice


Justice delayed, is justice denied.
by William E. Gladstone


William Shakespeare:As in a theatre, the eyes of


As in a theatre, the eyes of m
by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare:Adversity's sweet milk,


Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare:True nobility is exempt from


True nobility is exempt from fear.
by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare:They that touch pitch will


They that touch pitch will be defiled.
by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare:Men at some time are masters


Men at some time are masters of their fates:<
by William Shakespeare


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