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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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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Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.
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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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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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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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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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