What did Samuel Butler mean by: The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Samuel Butler Writer · England Copy
+ Man is God’s highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Butler, Development, God, Man, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Butler, Devil, God, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. Author, October 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Butler, Communication, Fear, Self-awareness, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. Author, July 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Butler, Betrayal, Deception, Integrity, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ To live is like to love – all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Butler, Instinct, Life, Love, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. Author, September 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Butler, Creationism, Fatalism, Satisfaction, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Butler, Analogy, Comparison, Misleading, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Butler, Purity, Truth, Value, 0 Samuel Butler Writer · England
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
