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CytatySamuel ButlerEnglish composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902)All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something. |
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