Samuel Butler

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

— Samuel Butler

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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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