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To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty. – 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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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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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler

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