Quote by Samuel Butler
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. - Samuel Butler

Self-preservation is the first law of nature. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him. – Samuel Butler

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It is bad enough to see one’s own good things fathered on other people, but it is worse to have other people’s rubbish fathered upon oneself. – Samuel Butler

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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. – George Eliot

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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me – I am happy. – Hamlin Garland

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The fans know whats happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that Ive had some hard times – and thats the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet. – Hulk Hogan

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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. – James Whistler

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You couldnt pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve peoples problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense. – Christopher Meloni

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