Quote by Samuel Butler
I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe h

I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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Writing
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler

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Money
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Regret & Remorse
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. – William Cowper

Remorse is virtues root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness. – William Cullen Bryant

Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs. – Charles Dickens

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan

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The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. – Robert Menzies

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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams…. Man… is above all the plaything of his memory. – Andre Breton, “Manifesto of Surrealism,” 1924

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Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. – David Suzuki

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Business

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. – Thomas Aquinas

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