British - Poet | December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
Samuel Butler
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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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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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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
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Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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