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Samuel Butler quotes

1835–1902. English novelist and satirist (author of Erewhon). 3 quotes.

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)

Checked against Project Gutenberg eBook #6173.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Chapter 1, “Lord, What is Man?”Source text

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Chapter 1, “Lord, What is Man?”Source text

It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Chapter 14, “Higgledy-Piggledy”Source text
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