Quote by Samuel Butler
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been ca

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. – Samuel Butler

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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

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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. – Samuel Butler

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Words want to be free! – Anonymous

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I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as “all righty” and “yes indeedy” and hundreds of others. – James Thurber, “The Case Against Women”

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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud

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For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. – Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

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