Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.Samuel Butler
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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And poets by their sufferings grow, As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.
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He ne'er consider'd it, as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth.
Samuel Butler
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.
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