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Words are like money there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.
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It is tact that is golden, not silence.
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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