Samuel Butler
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.
I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Logic is like the sword -- those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
To live is to love; all reason is against it; instinct is for it.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.
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