Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Samuel Butler Quotes
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble-with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make t.
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Birth: | 4th December, 1835 |
Death: | 18th June, 1902 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
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