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The Note Books Of Samuel Butler QUOTES

The Note Books Of Samuel Butler QUOTES

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

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

2 " In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. "

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

3 " We want words to do more than they can. We try to do with them what comes to very much like trying to mend a watch with a pickaxe or to paint a miniature with a mop; we expect them to help us to grip and dissect that which in ultimate essence is as ungrippable as shadow. Nevertheless there they are; we have got to live with them, and the wise course is to treat them as we do our neighbours, and make the best and not the worst of them. "

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

4 " A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. "

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

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

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

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

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

7 " You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. "

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

8 " Cuando muera, lo haré con la plena y segura esperanza de que no habrá resurrección, pero esa muerte me aportará una paz absoluta. "

― Samuel Butler , The Note Books Of Samuel Butler