Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was a poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem entitled Hudibras .
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. Go to Quote / Comment
The difference between God and the historians consists above all in the fact that God cannot alter the past. Go to Quote / Comment
All animals, except man, know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it. Go to Quote / Comment
An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. Go to Quote / Comment
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. Go to Quote / Comment