Samuel Butler quotes
"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
"It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly."
"I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill."
"It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something."
"All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income."
"If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue."
"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty."
"Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
"Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature."
