Quote by Samuel Butler
The course of true anything never does run smooth. - Samuel Butler

The course of true anything never does run smooth. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler

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Logic
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Other Quotes from
Adversity
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Bad is never good until worse happens. – Danish Proverb

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Adversity

Would you touch a nettle without being stung by it? take hold of it stoutly. Do the same to other annoyances, and hardly will any thing annoy you. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Adversity

Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Adversity

Better bread with water than cake with trouble. – Russian Proverb

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Adversity

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I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, Id cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark. – Selma Blair

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If younger people see older people who havent planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government. – Harry Browne

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