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Business should be like religion and science it should know neither love nor hate.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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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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Words are like money there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
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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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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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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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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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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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