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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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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.
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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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Let man be true and every god a liar.
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Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.
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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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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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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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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 healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
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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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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
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He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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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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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.
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