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Samuel Butler

(1835 – 1902) A British author and satirist, who published a variety of works. Best known for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh. He is also known for examining Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of literary history and criticism. Butler also made prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.