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In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
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 wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
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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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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
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