Quotes by Butler, Samuel

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatev >>

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient pr >>

People are always good company when they are doing what they really en >>

Quotations about Genius

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no g >>

Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of fr >>

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. >>

A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind.

Butler, Samuel