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He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
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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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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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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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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
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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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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
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