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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.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: like, live, words, best

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Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: satanism, prayer, noremorse, god, atheist
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: world, prayer, dreams, good
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.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: cannot, i-can, stand, people
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: always, view, mistake, great
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
— Samuel Butler
Tags: interests, opinions, just, men
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