"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime
~ Samuel Butler (poet) ~












More Samuel Butler (poet) quotes
"Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
"Life is one long process of getting tired.
"If life must not be taken too seriously - then so neither must death.
"To live is like to love - all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it.
"Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime
"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
"Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
"Life is one long process of getting tired.
"If life must not be taken too seriously - then so neither must death.
"To live is like to love - all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it.
"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
"Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.