Quote by Samuel Butler
Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he

Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it — torn up to irrecoverable tatters. – Samuel Butler

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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler

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To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. – Samuel Butler

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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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All philosophy in two words, — sustain and abstain. – Epictetus

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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha

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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. – Chinese Proverb

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Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. – Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

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