Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to se…

Samuel Butler
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Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. ✨ Samuel Butler (1950). The Essential Samuel Butler
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Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one. ✨ Samuel Butler (1950). The Essential Samuel Butler
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. ✨ Samuel Butler (2016). The Way of All Flesh, p.165, Samuel Butler
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. ✨ Samuel Butler (2015). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated), p … ▶
What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. ✨ Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883, Univ … ▶

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. ✨ Samuel Butler (1950). The Essential Samuel Butler

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