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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.
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Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.
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In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.
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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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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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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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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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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
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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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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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The history of art is the history of revivals.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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History is a bucket of ashes.
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