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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Science Fiction Writer
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person its importance not being fully recognized for some time.
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
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A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
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The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.
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