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Quote by Samuel Butler
Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is

Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell. – Samuel Butler

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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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The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. – Samuel Butler

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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. – Samuel Butler

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I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven. – Jean-Baptiste Corot

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Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close. – Robert Frost

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Heaven for climate, Hell for company. – James Barrie

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The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes. – Galileo Galilei

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