Happiness does not consist in self-love.
Every thing is what it is, and not another thing. - Joseph Butler
Every thing is what it is, and not another thing.
- Joseph Butler
But to us, probability is the very guide of life. - Joseph Butler
But to us, probability is the very guide of life.
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food - Joseph Butler
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food
Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the go… - Joseph Butler
Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the go…
The first thought is often the best. - Joseph Butler
The first thought is often the best.
The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence. - Joseph Butler
The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence.
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good… - Joseph Butler
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good…
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become satisfied… - Joseph Butler
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become satisfied…
Happiness does not consist in self-love. - Joseph Butler
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