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Samuel Butler Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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

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



Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.



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

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



Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.



Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.



Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.



Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.



The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.



People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.



Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.





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Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. At least then you will know that you have tried and that--whatever the outcome--you have traveled a noble path.

Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. At least then you will know that you have tried and that--whatever the outcome--you have traveled a noble path.



I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not.

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not.



If you can, judge less and observe more.

If you can, judge less and observe more.



And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.

And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.



A saint is good when nobody is looking.

A saint is good when nobody is looking.



Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.



I am one of those people who can't help getting a kick out of life - even when it's a kick in the teeth.

I am one of those people who can't help getting a kick out of life - even when it's a kick in the teeth.



When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".

When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".



Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.



The people who know me, the people who see the passion I have for this game and the respect for it, they know that I don't cut any corners in the way I approach golf.

The people who know me, the people who see the passion I have for this game and the respect for it, they know that I don't cut any corners in the way I approach golf.




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