
Apologia, i
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XXIV - The Life of the World to Come
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Apologia, i
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XXIV - The Life of the World to Come
“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
Maxim 865
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Versus (1949), Possessions are Nine Points of Conversation
Variant: Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires,
Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it is theirs.
“To be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life.
We is so much better than I.”
Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
“A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.”
Book I, Ch. 4
The Professor's House (1925)
Source: Where There's a Will: Thoughts on the Good Life (2003), Ch. 28 : Inventions and the Decline of Language
“On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet— I am a martinetissimo.”
Statement recalled in obituaries (13 September 1977), as quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations (1988) compiled by James B. Simpson
“They order, said I, this matter better in France.”
Source: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768), Line 1.