“ Life is one long process of getting tired. ”
Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
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| Source | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler |
| Topic | life weariness |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“But superstitions are not without their value. The snail's shell is a superstition, slugs have no shells and thrive just as well. But a snail without a shell would not be a slug unless it had also the slug's indifference to a shell.
VII Life is one long process of getting tired. VIII My days run through me as water through a sieve. IX Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. X Life is eight parts cards and two parts play, the unseen world is made manifest to us in the play.” source
VII Life is one long process of getting tired. VIII My days run through me as water through a sieve. IX Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. X Life is eight parts cards and two parts play, the unseen world is made manifest to us in the play.” source
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