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Schriftsteller, Maler, Komponist, Philologe, "Erewon Revisited", "Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont" (England, 1835 - 1902).

Samuel Butler · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Samuel Butler wäre heute 188 Jahre, 10 Monate, 3 Tage oder 68.974 Tage alt.

Geboren am 04.12.1835 in Langar/Nottinghamshire
Gestorben am 18.06.1902 in London
Sternzeichen: ♐ Schütze

• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

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

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• A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip: there is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

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• A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

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• A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowlege is also a dangerous thing.

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• A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look like suspicion on culture, at first, not second hand.

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• A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

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• Absolute virtue is as sure to kill man as absolute vice is, let alone the dullness of it and the pomposities of it.

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• Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

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

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• All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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

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

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• An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard oneside of the case. God has written all the books.

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• An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better.

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

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• Brevity is very good, when we are, or are not, understood.

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• Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

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• Dusty, cobweb-covered, maimed, and set at naught, Beauty crieth in an attic, and no man regardeth. OGod! O Montreal!

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