Who thought he 'd won The field as certain as a gun. - Samuel Butler

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Who thought he 'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

Samuel Butler

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About Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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John Dryden Oliver Goldsmith Alexander Pope Walter Scott Robert Southey

Additional quotes by Samuel Butler

For those that fly may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.

'Cause grace and virtue are within
Prohibited degrees of kin;
And therefore no true saint allows
They shall be suffer'd to espouse.

As the ancients
Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance,
And look before you ere you leap;
For as you sow, ye are like to reap.