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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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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
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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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The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.
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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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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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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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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
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An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.
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I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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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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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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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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