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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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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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Business should be like religion and science it should know neither love nor hate.
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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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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 history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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Let man be true and every god a liar.
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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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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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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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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
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Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person its importance not being fully recognized for some time.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.
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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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