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Quote by Samuel Butler
It is bad enough to see one's own good things fathered on other pe

It is bad enough to see one’s own good things fathered on other people, but it is worse to have other people’s rubbish fathered upon oneself. – Samuel Butler

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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler

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Faith – you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it. – Samuel Butler

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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. – Agnes Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976)

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To select well among old things is almost equal to inventing new ones. – Nicolas Charles Joseph Trublet

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