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Samuel Butler Quotes: Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
         

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.


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

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.

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



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

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



Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.



Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.



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

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



Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.



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.

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.



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

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



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

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





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Logic may be conceived as ruling out what is absolutely impossible, and thus determining the field of what in the absence of empirical knowledge is abstractly possible.

Logic may be conceived as ruling out what is absolutely impossible, and thus determining the field of what in the absence of empirical knowledge is abstractly possible.



The sweetest victory is that won when everyone counted you out because they believe you can not make it.

The sweetest victory is that won when everyone counted you out because they believe you can not make it.



I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.



It was a woman who drove me to drink. Come to think of it, I never did hang around to thank her for that. 'Hey lady! Do I look all blurry to you? 'Cause you look blurry to me!'

It was a woman who drove me to drink. Come to think of it, I never did hang around to thank her for that. 'Hey lady! Do I look all blurry to you? 'Cause you look blurry to me!'



Lord, take every cursed thing out of my soul that keeps me from believing the Lord Jesus Christ

Lord, take every cursed thing out of my soul that keeps me from believing the Lord Jesus Christ



The central dynamism of Christianity, which rests precisely on a unity through variety.

The central dynamism of Christianity, which rests precisely on a unity through variety.



The central issue of poetry as of politics is the destiny of the human personality.

The central issue of poetry as of politics is the destiny of the human personality.



If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one.

If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one.



The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.

The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.




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This page presents the quote "Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.". Author of this quote is Samuel Butler. This quote is about rationalism, sword, logic,.