Samuel Butler
Life is like playing a violin in public
and learning the instrument as one goes on.
An apology for the devil: It must be remembered
that we have heard only one side of the case.
God has written all the books.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
The difference between God and the historians
consists in the fact that God cannot alter the past.
All animals except man know that
the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
Neither have they hearts to stay.
Nor wit enough to run away.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire
on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
It is better to have loved and lost
then never to have lost at all.
The Way of All Flesh
If the headache would only precede the intoxication,
alcoholism would be a virtue.
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy,
the only decent thing to do is die at once.
There are two rules of life,
one general and the other particular.
The first is that everyone can in the end,
get what he wants, if he only tries.
That is the general rule.
The particular rule is that every individual is,
more or less, an exception to the rule.
Samuel Butler 
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