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Quote by Samuel Butler
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – 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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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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We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also. – Antisthenes

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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. – Larry Adler

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