"It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents."
― Samuel Butler
Topic(s):
God
More From Samuel Butler
- "If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death."
- "Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order."
- "Life is not an exact science, it is an art."
More In God
- "There’s a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction."― Major Owens
- "The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science."― Samuel Butler
- "Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God."― Henry Ward Beecher