Maxioms by Samuel Butler
Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods
Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.
He could raise scruples dark and nice,
And after solve 'em in a trice;
As if Divinity read more
He could raise scruples dark and nice,
And after solve 'em in a trice;
As if Divinity had catch'd
The itch, on purpose to be scratched.
'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.
'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.
