Quote by Samuel Butler
There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. - Samuel

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. – Samuel Butler

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Science
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An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler

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Ideas
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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Other Quotes from
Truth
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But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love. – William Shatner

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Truth

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. – Umberto Eco

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Truth

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is theyre running the asylum. – Robert De Niro

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Truth

Better suffer for the truth than prosper in a falsehood. – Danish proverb

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Truth

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There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. – Eric Hoffer

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Failure

Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it. – Zig Ziglar

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Action

Of course its true: the public want to see young people – young people are the people who go to the cinema. Its a sad fact of life, but youve got to accept it and not whine about it. – Joan Collins

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Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up. – Jack LaLanne

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Morning