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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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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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He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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