The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. – Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. – Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Samuel Butler
To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler