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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 people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
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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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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.
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Friends are like money, easier made than kept.
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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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I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.
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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
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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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Business should be like religion and science it should know neither love nor hate.
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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
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How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?
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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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There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out.
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