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Category Archive: December 4

Samuel Butler Quote: “Evil is like water, it abounds…”

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

December 8, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Those who have never had a…”

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

December 3, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Some men love truth so much…”

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

December 1, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Speech is human, silence is divine…”

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

November 27, 2019 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Samuel Butler Quote: “Oaths are but words, and words…”

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

November 23, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “People in general are equally horrified…”

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

November 22, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “War is a quarrel between two…”

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

November 18, 2019 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Rainer Maria Rilke Quote: “Who has not sat before his…”

Who has not sat before his own heart’s curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.

November 12, 2019 1875, December 4, German, Quotes by Poets, Rainer Maria Rilke

Samuel Butler Quote: “Life is like playing a violin…”

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

November 4, 2019 1835, British, December 4, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Butler

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Let each become all that he…”

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

November 1, 2019 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

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