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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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. Go to Quote / Comment
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Go to Quote / Comment
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. Go to Quote / Comment
I have been told lately that Fuseli was travelling by coach and a gentleman opposite him said: "I understand, Mr. Fuseli, that you are a paint... Go to Quote / Comment
To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. Go to Quote / Comment