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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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The history of art is the history of revivals.
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?
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The human intellect owes its superiority over that of the lower animals in great measure to the stimulus which alcohol has given imagination.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
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Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game as true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.
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Words are like money there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.
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He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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