# Samuel Butler ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-05-04 Samuel Butler.jpg|400]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Samuel Butler]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Samuel Butler]] 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 --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Samuel Butler]] 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 --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Samuel Butler]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Samuel Butler]] 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]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Samuel Butler]] 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]] - [[The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (book)]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->