Quotes by Butler, Samuel

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. >>

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commo >>

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. >>

Quotations about Understanding

No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regar >>

Understanding is a two-way street. >>

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understa >>

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.

Butler, Samuel