More quotes by Samuel Butler
Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
Feeling is an art and, like any other art, can be acquired by taking pains.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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