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[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.
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Samuel Butler
Doe
Metaphysics
Mind
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More Quotes By Samuel Butler
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it...
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Don’t learn to do, but learn in doing.
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one....
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat...
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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