Best quotes by Samuel Butler on Man

Checkout quotes by Samuel Butler on Man

• ‟ All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

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• ‟ A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

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• ‟ Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

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• ‟ Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

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• ‟ The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

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• ‟ The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

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• ‟ The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

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• ‟ Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

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