Quote by Samuel Butler
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficien

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – 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 thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is Gods message to him. Let him try and be a good thief. – Samuel Butler

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Crime
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She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

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Art

The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art. – Kenneth Tynan

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Art

Only an artist with a part of God in him can see beauty in the commonplaces of life. The rest merely mark time until they die. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Art

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West

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Art

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For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good. – John Dryden

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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. – Abbie Hoffman

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