Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient pr…

Samuel Butler
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ✨ Notebooks Life (1912)
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ✨ Samuel Butler (2008). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Eas … ▶
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. ✨ Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883, U … ▶
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Samuel Butler's notebooks
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. ✨ Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). Th … ▶
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