"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
"In law, nothing is certain but the expense."
Source: Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4351, Delphi Classics
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Samuel Butler
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Samuel Butler was a 19th-century English writer known for his novel 'Erewhon', which critiques Victorian society and explores themes of individuality.
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