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If a man knows not life which he hath seen, how shall he know death, which he hath not seen?

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
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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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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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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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An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.
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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
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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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It is tact that is golden, not silence.
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
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Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians.
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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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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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