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• 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.

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  People, Religion, Band

  Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883”, Univ Pr of Amer

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• A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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  Funny, Crazy, Silly

  Life and Habit ch. 8 (1877)

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• Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

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  Life, Art, Bad Ass

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.440, The Floating Press

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• Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

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  Inspirational, Moving, Religion

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

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  Logic, Reason And Logic, Appeals

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4351, Delphi Classics

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• To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

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  Beauty, Pain, Compassion

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• Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

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  Clothes, Mind, Body

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill”

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• Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

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  Divorce, Religion, Church

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

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  Love, Life, History

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

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  Faith, Motivation, Littles

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4356, Delphi Classics

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• The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

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  Dog, Humorous, Animal

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

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  Life, Crazy, Bad Ass

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• Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

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  Love, Funny, Marriage

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• Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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  Friendship, Best Friend, Money

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

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  Lying, Pay, Kind

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.197, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

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  Life, Success, Music

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4082, Delphi Classics

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• One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

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  Sunset, Fighting, Men

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

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  People, Common Sense, Atmosphere

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

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  People, Lucky, Ratios

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition”, p.33, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  Money, Silence, Use

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.128, The Floating Press

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• A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

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  Friendship, Memories, Two

  Samuel Butler (2014). “The Notebooks of Samuel Butler”, p.377, The Floating Press

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• Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.

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  Should, Worst, Neighbour

  Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883”, Univ Pr of Amer

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• From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

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  Mistake, Views, Point Of View

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.

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  Prayer, Children, Men

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.25, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• God and the Devil are an effort after specialisation and division of labour.

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  Division Of Labor, Effort, Devil

  "The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition".

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