--- status: To Read date_finished: title: The Note-Books of Samuel Butler subtitle: "" description: Discover the innermost thoughts and reflections of Samuel Butler, a prominent figure in English literature, through his personal notebooks. Edited by Henry Festing Jones, this collection offers a rare glimpse into Butler's creative process, musings, and observations on life. From philosophical ponderings to candid insights, these pages reveal the mind of a literary genius, making it an invaluable resource for scholars and fans of Butler's work. categories: - Fiction - PKM authors: - [[Samuel Butler]] published_on: 2019-11-21 publisher: Good Press pages: 421 isbn: cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=OSbDDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book).jpg link: https://amzn.to/3ZCBhpl tags: - type/book - books - summaries - society - life - human_nature - zone/areas - zone/areas/literature_notes created: 2024-12-16T08:54 updated: 2026-04-01T14:44 public_note: true --- # The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book) - Author(s): [[Samuel Butler]] - Link: https://amzn.to/3ZCBhpl ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book).jpg|200]] ## Description ## Key quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book)]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book)]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Books are like imprisoned souls until some one takes them down from a shelf and reads them]] - [[If life must not be taken too seriously. Then so neither must death]] - [[Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule]] - [[Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Key ideas ... # Chapter 1: ... ... ## References -