"All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it."

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Source : Way of All Flesh (1903) ch. 19

Samuel Butler

#Life Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Happiness Quotes

“True sorrow is as rare as true love.”
“I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt.”
“A short horse is soone currid.”
“Where God is at the center of things, worship inevitably follows. Where there is no spirit of worship, there God has been dethroned and displaced.”
“Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.”

Source : Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). “Three Plays”, p.55, Grove Press
“At lunch Francis [Crick] winged into the Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life.”
“A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.”
“If we girls aren't strong, we can't protect the boys we love.”

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