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Samuel Butler d.J.
Geburtstag: 4. Dezember 1835
Todesdatum: 18. Juni 1902
Samuel Butler war ein britischer Schriftsteller, Komponist, Philologe, Maler und Gelehrter.
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Zitate Samuel Butler d.J.
„Ein Liebespaar ist wie Sonnenaufgang und -untergang; es gibt sie alle Tage, aber wir sehen sie selten.“
— Samuel Butler d.J.
Der Weg allen Fleisches, 1903, 11
„Der beste Lügner ist der, der mit den wenigsten Lügen am längsten auskommt.“
— Samuel Butler d.J.
Der Weg allen Fleisches 1903, 39
„Es ist viel sicherer, zu wenig als zu viel zu wissen.“
— Samuel Butler d.J.
Der Weg allen Fleisches, 1903, 5
„An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones.“
— Samuel Butler
Context: An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better.
Incoherency of New Ideas
„The written law is binding, but the unwritten law is much more so.“
— Samuel Butler
Context: The written law is binding, but the unwritten law is much more so. You may break the written law at a pinch and on the sly if you can, but the unwritten law — which often comprises the written — must not be broken. Not being written, it is not always easy to know what it is, but this has got to be done.
The Law
„There is an eternal antagonism of interest between the individual and the world at large.“
— Samuel Butler
Context: There is an eternal antagonism of interest between the individual and the world at large. The individual will not so much care how much he may suffer in this world provided he can live in men’s good thoughts long after he has left it. The world at large does not so much care how much suffering the individual may either endure or cause in this life, provided he will take himself clean away out of men’s thoughts, whether for good or ill, when he has left it.
The Individual and the World
„As a general rule philosophy is like stirring mud or not letting a sleeping dog lie.“
— Samuel Butler
Context: As a general rule philosophy is like stirring mud or not letting a sleeping dog lie. It is an attempt to deny, circumvent or otherwise escape from the consequences of the interlacing of the roots of things with one another.
Philosophy
„I do not like having to try to make myself like things; I like things that make me like them at once and no trying at all.“
— Samuel Butler
Context: I should like to like Schumann’s music better than I do; I dare say I could make myself like it better if I tried; but I do not like having to try to make myself like things; I like things that make me like them at once and no trying at all.
On Knowing what Gives us Pleasure, ii
