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Samuel Butler Poems
- Smatterers
All smatterers are more brisk and pert
Than those that understand an art;
As little sparkles shine more bright
Than glowing coals, that give them light.... - Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy will serve as well
To propagate a church, as zeal;
As persecution and promotion
Do equally advance devotion: ... - Religion Of Hudibras, The
For his religion it was fit
To match his learning and his wit:
'Twas Presbyterian true blue;
For he was of that stubborn crew ... - Hudibras: Part 3 - Canto I
THE ARGUMENT
The Knight and Squire resolve, at once,
The one the other to renounce. ... - Hudibras: Part 1 - Canto Iii
THE ARGUMENT
The scatter'd rout return and rally,
Surround the place; the Knight does sally, ...
Top 10 most used topics by Samuel Butler
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- The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
- Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
- Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
- All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
- The course of true anything does not run smooth.
Comments about Samuel Butler
Philip_d_conrad: life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. (samuel butler)Fallgesetz: if you look at dickens, hardy, james, samuel butler, you will not see the word 'personality' because it didn't exist in the 19th century
Kayleecrews26: “doubtless the pleasure is as great of being cheated as to cheat.” –samuel butler
Technophobiaorg: in 1863 samuel butler called to end tech progress to save humanity from dystopia. since then child mortality rates went from 25% to 3% creating a less dystopian world. the dangers of slowing technological progress is only obvious in hindsight.
Natastarforever: my name is nata. and it's time to share something more. ©️ 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
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