Samuel Butler may refer to:
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Use this quote
The history of art is the history of revivals. Use this quote
Life is not an exact science, it is an art. Use this quote
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Use this quote
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. Use this quote
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. Use this quote
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty. Use this quote
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Use this quote
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. Use this quote
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. Use this quote
