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Letter "S" » Samuel Butler Quotes
«An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.»
«No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.»
Author: Samuel Butler
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Logic
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appealing, cases, common mistake, fatuous, jurisdiction
«If old Pontifex had had Cromwell's chances he would have done all that Cromwell did, and have done it better; if he had had Giotto's chances he would have done all that Giotto did, and done it no worse; as it was, he was a village carpenter, and I wi»
Author: Samuel Butler
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carpenter, Cromwell, Giotto, it No, pontifex, The Carpenters, village
«Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.»
«The want of money is the root of all evil.»
«Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness»
«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.»
«Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.»
«The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows»
«Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are - they depend not upon these, but on the direction in which you are tending»
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