I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.Samuel Butler
He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
Samuel Butler
Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.
Samuel Butler
The law can take a purse in open court, While it condemns a less delinquent fort.
Samuel Butler
As the ancients Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance, And look before you ere you leap For as you sow, ye are like to reap.
Samuel Butler
To me it seems that those who are happy in this world are better and more lovable people than those who are not.
Samuel Butler
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