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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving. ↗

— Yancy Butler

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I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive. ↗

— Yancy Butler

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I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down. ↗

— Yancy Butler

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A lot of people think I don't like them just because I'm pretty quiet. But there are certain things people don't necessarily need to know. There's got to be some things for me. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

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