Samuel Butler's Quote - When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will

Quote by Samuel Butler

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will

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

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God cannot alter the past, but historians can. – Samuel Butler

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury

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Authorship is exhibitionism, and readers a species of voyeur. – Terri Guillemets

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