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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.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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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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Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws, they are either ascribing some kind of intelligence and free will to atoms or they are talking nonsense. There is no obedience unless there is at any rate a potentiality of disobeying.
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He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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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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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
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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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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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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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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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