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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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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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If a man knows not life which he hath seen, how shall he know death, which he hath not seen?
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
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There are two classes [of scientists], those who want to know, and do not care whether others think they know or not, and those who do not much care about knowing, but care very greatly about being reputed as knowing.
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Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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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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Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean mountains, rivers, clouds and undomesticated animals and plants. I am not indifferent to this half of nature, but it interests me much less than the other half.
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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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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Friends are like money, easier made than kept.
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When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws, they are either ascribing some kind of intelligence and free will to atoms or they are talking nonsense. There is no obedience unless there is at any rate a potentiality of disobeying.
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Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
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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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Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.
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