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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
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 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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Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but also died before us.
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It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
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Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
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The history of art is the history of revivals.
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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
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If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.
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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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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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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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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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Business should be like religion and science it should know neither love nor hate.
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