If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler
He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler
A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler
Those who have been too long at their labor, who have drunk too long at the cup of voluptuousness, who feel they have become temporarily inhumane, who are tormented by their families, who find life sad and love ephemeral; they should all eat chocolate and they will be comforted. – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin