Quotes by Butler, Samuel

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are gr >>

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material pro >>

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that ar >>

Quotations about Amiability

Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with usel >>

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. >>

When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath >>

When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right, he will generally be found to have gained in amiability what he has lost in holiness.

Butler, Samuel