Quotes by Samuel Butler

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and...

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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care...

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

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