An apology for the devil it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case God has written all the books.

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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books.

Samuel Butler in The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)
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A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

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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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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.

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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 in The Way of All Flesh
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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.

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Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

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Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

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Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

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