Samuel Butler

Citations

• “A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”

• “Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”

• “God does not intend people, and does not like people, to be too good. He likes them neither too good nor too bad, but a little too bad is more venial with him than a little too good.”

• “My notes always grow longer if I shorten them. I mean the process of compression makes them more pregnant and they breed new notes.”

• “They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say “Can he name a kitten?” And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.”

Les livres de Samuel Butler dans l'ordre

Les livres de Samuel Butler dans l'ordre de parution, de Unconscious Memory (1880) à Evolution, Old and New (2017).

1. 1Unconscious MemoryUnconscious Memory1880
2. 2Gavottes, Minuets, Fugues, and Other Short Pieces for the PiGavottes, Minuets, Fugues, and Other Short Pieces for the Piano1885
3. 3NarcissusNarcissus1887
4. 4Ex VotoEx Voto1888
5. 5Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.)1890
6. 6Life and RabitLife and Rabit1890
7. 7The Way of All FleshThe Way of All Flesh1900
8. 8Erewhon RevisitedErewhon Revisited1901
9. 9Essays on Life, Art, and ScienceEssays on Life, Art, and Science1904
10. 10Seven Sonnets and A Psalm of MontrealSeven Sonnets and A Psalm of Montreal1904
11. 11The Notebooks of Samuel ButlerThe Notebooks of Samuel Butler1912
12. 12The Humour of Homer, and Other EssaysThe Humour of Homer, and Other Essays1913
13. 13NotebooksNotebooks1915
14. 14ErewhonErewhon1919
15. 15Erehon, ou, De l'autre côté des montagnesErehon, ou, De l'autre côté des montagnes1920
16. 16La vie et l'habitudeLa vie et l'habitude1922
17. 17A First Year in Canterbury SettlementA First Year in Canterbury Settlement1978
18. 18Vida Y HabitoVida Y Habito2013
19. 19OdysseyOdyssey2015
20. 20Evolution, Old and NewEvolution, Old and New2017
21. 21A Praxis on the Latin Prepositions. KeyA Praxis on the Latin Prepositions. Key
22. 22Geographia ClassicaGeographia Classica
23. 23Notebook Containing Draft of English Translation of Bk. I ofNotebook Containing Draft of English Translation of Bk. I of the Iliad