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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
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The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is.
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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
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History is a bucket of ashes.
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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
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Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
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There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
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He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.
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He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.
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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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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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Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game as true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.
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