Samuel Butler

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#children #earth #last #ought #parents

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#art #conclusions #drawing #insufficient #premises

It is tact that is golden, not silence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#silence #tact

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#best #go #liar #longest #lying

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#leap #like #look #reap #sow

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

— Samuel Butler

#enjoy #except #know #life #man

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#healthy #instinct #like #live #love

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#controversy #dispute #exact #gains #most

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#being #great #mistake #point #point of view

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bored #death #die #i #my own