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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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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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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
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The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.
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We all love best not those who offend us least, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
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