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Letter "S" » Samuel Butler Quotes
«Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use»
Author: Samuel Butler
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Words
«To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.»
«Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.»
«Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.»
«From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.»
«The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.»
Author: Samuel Butler
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circumspection, deliberation, deliberations, fortitude, The Times, utmost
«Self-preservation is the first law of nature.»
«The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.»
Author: Samuel Butler
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Conviction
«To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.»
Author: Samuel Butler
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Death and dying
«Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave a lot of money to the very people who will be the first to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say and finds a difficult»
Author: Samuel Butler
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