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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.
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It is death, and not what comes after death, that men are generally afraid of.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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Words are like money there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
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