British - Poet | December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902
Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
Samuel Butler
MisleadingThoughAnalogyLeast
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
DeathDieKnowDeadNeverEveryone
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
FearMyselfMeHearingStatic
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
ManWritingDoubtWillHimTell
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
ManMoreBoredWhoEvenThan
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
BeautyPainHappyTyrannyTrueGive
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
TruthFoolLieManKnowTell
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
OutOnlyJustBooksWhoRead
When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
LegacySomeoneDieYouLeftDecent
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
LifeDeathSeriouslyMustTakenToo
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
MarriageThoughtHeavenBecauseMar
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
WorkGodSatisfiedOwnHisFatal
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