Quotation by Samuel Butler

More Quotes From

Additional Sources

Ernest Pontifex, or The Way of All Flesh Houghton Mifflin (1964)Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose (1759)Hudibras (1663)Hudibras Hudibras (1663-1678)

Related Subjects

suffering (10) love (6) happiness (5) self (4) sex (4) time (4) work (4) music (4) musicians (4) human nature (4)

Pain and pleasure are infectious. It depresses us to be much with those who have suffered long and are still suffering; it refreshes us to be with those who have suffered little and are enjoying themselves. But it is good for us to be depressed now and then.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (1835–1902), British author. First published in 1912. Samuel Butler's Notebooks, p. 56, E.P. Dutton & Company (1951).

Cite this source Embed this quotation

Surprise me with a

The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Reference Sendori