Logo
Quote by Samuel Butler
Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he

Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it — torn up to irrecoverable tatters. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

Category:
Excess
Author
Samuel Butler
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Wise Words
category

Whatever you are, try to be a good one. – William Makepeace Thackeray

Category:
Wise Words

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas Edison

Category:
Wise Words

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Wise Words

Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go. – Author Unknown

Category:
Wise Words

Random Quotes

The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God. – Quoted in The Angels’ Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 199

Category:
Sympathy

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art – or almost the only stuff. – David Herbert Lawrence

Category:
Art

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Confidence

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. – Evelyn Underhill

Category:
best