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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.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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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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We all love best not those who offend us least, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
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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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He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.
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It is death, and not what comes after death, that men are generally afraid of.
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I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.
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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
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