A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Samuel Butler quote All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler quote A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind.
Samuel Butler quote 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.
Samuel Butler quote Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
Samuel Butler quote Biography
English novelist
