413 Quotes by Samuel Butler

  • Author Samuel Butler
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    To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it happens to be a favored one, but in practice very rarely favored and more remarkable, as a general rule, for biting east winds than genial breezes

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    A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

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    It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

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

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