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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.
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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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He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.
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The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
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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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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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Let man be true and every god a liar.
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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
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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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