Quotes by Samuel Butler

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.