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Christ: I dislike him very mu...

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Let us eat and drink neither ...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Man is God's highest present ...

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Be virtuous and you will be v...

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

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It is seldom very hard to do ...

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Books are like imprisoned sou...

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Money is the last enemy that ...

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.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

The Athanasian Creed is to me...

The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

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What is faith but a kind of b...

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Christ was only crucified onc...

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.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

To know God better is only to...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

Letters are like wine; if the...

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.

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He that complies against his ...

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

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

All animals, except man, know...

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it - and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow.

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Flying. Whatever any other or...

Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go a different way about it.

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There are two classes [of sci...

There are two classes [of scientists], those who want to know, and do not care whether others think they know or not, and those who do not much care about knowing, but care very greatly about being reputed as knowing.

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Men of Science. If they are w...

Men of Science. If they are worthy of the name they are indeed about God's path and about his bed and spying out all his ways.

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Words are like money; there i...

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

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They say the test of literary...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"

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I believe that he was really ...

I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.

Samuel Butler 458 quotes

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