Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.


The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)


A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities, as well as those of other people, will keep him from the commission of all sins, or...