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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

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler

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Life
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Samuel Butler
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Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so. – Samuel Butler

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best
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Samuel Butler
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It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler

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Alcohol/Alcoholism
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Samuel Butler
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Other Quotes from
Art
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. – Oscar Wilde

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Art

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. – Salvador Dali

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Art

Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Arts wide-open, tall-ceilinged, super-reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is theyre trying to write about. They have music. – Thom Yorke

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Art

Random Quotes

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw

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Speaking

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if youre going out for one, that isnt the time to scrimp on calories or quality. – Tom Colicchio

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Food

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. – William Ellery Channing

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Government

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. – Thomas Carlyle

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Happiness