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Quote by Samuel Butler
Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have

Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler

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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity. – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

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While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. – Angela Carter

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The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it. – Jean Anouilh

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