Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

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.


Vice and Virtue, iii - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part II - Elementary Morality


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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...