Quotes by : Samuel Butler

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom....

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not....

I do not mind lying but I hate inaccuracy.

Faith is a kind of betting or speculation.

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

All animals except man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

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

All philosophies if you ride them home are nonsense but some are greater nonsense than others.

In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.