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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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