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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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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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Let man be true and every god a liar.
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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 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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Letters are like wine if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
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Life is one long process of getting tired.
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
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He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.
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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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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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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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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
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Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.
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