I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Samuel Butler quote If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
Samuel Butler quote I believe that more unhappiness comes from this source than from any other - I mean from the attempt to prolong family connections unduly and to make people hang together artificially who would never naturally do so.
Samuel Butler quote God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
Samuel Butler quote He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
Samuel Butler quote Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Samuel Butler quote God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
Samuel Butler quote For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Samuel Butler quote Biography
English novelist
