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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
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 worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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We all love best not those who offend us least, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
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It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
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