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Quotes by Samuel Butler
- Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
- Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
- Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?
- Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
- Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
- 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.
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