Quote by Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he i

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – 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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