For truth is precious and divine—too rich a perl for carnal swine.
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
- Topic: Self
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More Quotes from Samuel Butler
More on Self
If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity.
› Epictetus
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
› Jonathan Swift
If you can allow yourself to trust those little movements round your gut that tell you when something is interesting or exciting, they will tell you where to go.
› Unknown
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
› Sun Tzu
In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
› Viktor Frankl
The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
› John Muir
There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.
› Christopher Morley
