It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Samuel Butler quote It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk.
Samuel Butler quote Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
Samuel Butler quote Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
Samuel Butler quote Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler quote Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
Samuel Butler quote Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler quote If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
Samuel Butler quote Biography
English novelist
