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Samuel Butler Quote: “It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.”

101. “It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to tend them, more men are daily devoting the energies of their whole lives to the development of mechanical life. The upshot is simply a question of time, but that the time will come when the machines will hold the real supremacy over the world and its inhabitants is what no person of a truly philosophic mind can for a moment question.”

102. “Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to tend them, more men are daily devoting the energies of their whole lives to the development of mechanical life. The upshot is simply a question of time, but that the time will come when the machines will hold the real supremacy over the world and its inhabitants is what no person of a truly philosophic mind can for a moment question.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “When I’m long dead and gone, people will be falsely attributing made-up quotes to me on internet pages and memes.”

103. “When I’m long dead and gone, people will be falsely attributing made-up quotes to me on internet pages and memes.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.”

104. “Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Boys and young men are violent in their affections, but they are seldom very constant;.”

105. “Boys and young men are violent in their affections, but they are seldom very constant;.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “It is so mean of people,” he exclaimed to himself, “to inflict an injury of this sort, and then shirk facing those whom they have injured; let us hope that, at any rate, they and I may meet in Heaven”. But of this he was doubtful, for when people had done so great a wrong as this, it was hardly to be supposed that they would go to Heaven at all – and as for his meeting them in another place, the idea never so much as entered his mind.”

106. “It is so mean of people,” he exclaimed to himself, “to inflict an injury of this sort, and then shirk facing those whom they have injured; let us hope that, at any rate, they and I may meet in Heaven”. But of this he was doubtful, for when people had done so great a wrong as this, it was hardly to be supposed that they would go to Heaven at all – and as for his meeting them in another place, the idea never so much as entered his mind.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can, in the end, get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the general rule.”

107. “There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can, in the end, get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the general rule.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “For property is robbery, but then, we are all robbers or would-be robbers together, and have found it essential to organise our thieving, as we have found it necessary to organise our lust and revenge. Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing.”

108. “For property is robbery, but then, we are all robbers or would-be robbers together, and have found it essential to organise our thieving, as we have found it necessary to organise our lust and revenge. Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “So it is with most of us: that which we observe to be taken as a matter of course by those around us, we take as a matter of course ourselves.”

109. “So it is with most of us: that which we observe to be taken as a matter of course by those around us, we take as a matter of course ourselves.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “In politics he is a Conservative so far as his vote and interest are concerned. In all other respects he is an advanced Radical.”

110. “In politics he is a Conservative so far as his vote and interest are concerned. In all other respects he is an advanced Radical.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “There are two classes of people in this world, those who sin, and those who are sinned against; if a man must belong to either, he had better belong to the first than to the second.”

111. “There are two classes of people in this world, those who sin, and those who are sinned against; if a man must belong to either, he had better belong to the first than to the second.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Besides so long as a man has not been actually killed he is our fellow-creature, though perhaps a very unpleasant one.”

112. “Besides so long as a man has not been actually killed he is our fellow-creature, though perhaps a very unpleasant one.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must. It was hopeless to try and pass Charlotte off as either pretty or sweet. So she became clever as the only remaining alternative.”

113. “All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must. It was hopeless to try and pass Charlotte off as either pretty or sweet. So she became clever as the only remaining alternative.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Let it suffice that George Pontifex did not consider himself fortunate, and he who does not consider himself fortunate is unfortunate.”

114. “Let it suffice that George Pontifex did not consider himself fortunate, and he who does not consider himself fortunate is unfortunate.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.”

115. “To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must.”

116. “All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will go in for, but go in for one of the three they must.”

— Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler Quote: “Papas and mammas sometimes ask young men whether their intentions are honourable toward their daughters. I think young men might occasionally ask papas and mammas whether their intentions are honourable before they accept invitations to houses where there are still unmarried daughters.”

117. “Papas and mammas sometimes ask young men whether their intentions are honourable toward their daughters. I think young men might occasionally ask papas and mammas whether their intentions are honourable before they accept invitations to houses where there are still unmarried daughters.”

— Samuel Butler

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