There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.Samuel Butler
Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.
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The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
Samuel Butler
'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin And therefore no true saint allows They shall be suffer'd to espouse.
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The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.
Samuel Butler
An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed.
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