“ To live is like to love—all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. ”
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 | love life reason instinct |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. III Inoculation, or a hair of the dog that is going to bite you—this principle should be introduced in respect of marriage and speculation. Life and Love To live is like to love—all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. The Basis of Life We may say what we will, but Life is, au fond, sensual. WOMAN SUFFRAGE I will vote for it when women have left off making a noise in the reading-room of the British Museum, when they leave off wearing high head-dresses in the pit of a theatre and when I have seen as many as twelve women in all catch hold of the strap or bar on getting into an omnibus.”
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