Quote by Samuel Butler

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but s

Summary

This quote suggests that while all philosophies may be ultimately nonsensical or unable to provide definitive truths, some are more nonsensical than others. It implies that philosophical systems, when examined thoroughly or "ridden home," are flawed and do not offer concrete solutions or explanations for life's complexities. The quote emphasizes the varying degrees of meaninglessness within different philosophies, highlighting the idea that some may attempt to appear profound but ultimately fall into even greater levels of irrationality.

Topics

Home

By Samuel Butler

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-li

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff.

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, doe

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Value Friendship Friends Loyalty

History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a s

History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.

Truth History

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

Publilius Syrus

Law

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

George W. Crane

Manners

I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to

I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.

Sad

Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, be

Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun.

Science Inspirational

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those wh

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Suffering Irony Complaints Histrionics Hysterics Mrs Bennett

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assail

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm French, so I'm quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke.

I'm French, so I'm quite lazy about exercising, and I smoke. But I do love going for a run in the morning with my dog. That's all.

Fitness

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think i

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.

Heartbreak

To speak on without saying anything has always been the grea

To speak on without saying anything has always been the greatest gift of orators.

Politics