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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but also died before us.
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It is death, and not what comes after death, that men are generally afraid of.
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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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