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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he

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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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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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. – Samuel Butler

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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To go too far is as bad as to fall short. – Confucius

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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I dont have an iPod. I mean, I have a couple. Doesnt everyone? But I dont use it. I need to because I go to the gym now, and Im tired of listening to morning radio. I want some music! I do have a video iPod, but I dont use it either. – Ricky Schroder

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