Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or ar…

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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. ✨ Samuel Butler (2016). The Way of All Flesh, p.57, Samuel Butler
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Samuel Butler's notebooks
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. ✨ Samuel Butler (2008). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com
No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction. ✨ Samuel Butler (1970). A critical and annotated edition of Samuel Butler's Erewhon
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. ✨ Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883, Univ Pr of Amer
In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. ✨ Samuel Butler (1950). The Essential Samuel Butler

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. ✨ Samuel Butler (2016). The Way of All Flesh, p.57, Samuel Butler

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