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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To live is like to love—all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. Go to Quote / Comment
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. Go to Quote / Comment
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. Go to Quote / Comment
For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the safest test of virtue. Progress has ever been through the pleasures rather than through the extreme sharp virtues, and the most virtuous have leaned to excess rather than to asceticism. Go to Quote / Comment
He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright. Go to Quote / Comment