"All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it."
-Samuel Butler
BusinessView Quote
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.“
-Samuel Butler
posted in Experience
Other Quotes by Samuel Butler
Discover more inspiring quotes by Samuel Butler
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing."
-Samuel Butler
KnowledgeView Quote
"Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children."
-Samuel Butler
FunnyView Quote
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
-Samuel Butler
WorkView Quote
"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
-Samuel Butler
FoodView Quote
"People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced."
-Samuel Butler
ReligionView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards."
-Soren Kierkegaard
ExperienceView Quote
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."
-Khalil Gibran
ExperienceView Quote
"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."
-Emily Dickinson
ExperienceView Quote
"Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print experience is what you get when you don't."
-Pete Seeger
ExperienceView Quote
"Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience."
-Bill Watterson
ExperienceView Quote
"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
-George Washington
ExperienceView Quote