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Samuel Butler Quotes: Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
         

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.


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Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
         



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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.



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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.



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



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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.



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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.



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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.



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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.



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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.





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