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A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.
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God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.
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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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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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How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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Business should be like religion and science it should know neither love nor hate.
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He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.
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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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Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
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Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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Let man be true and every god a liar.
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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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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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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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The course of true anything never does run smooth.
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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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