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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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Man is Gods highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. – Samuel Butler

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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

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