Quote by Samuel Butler
To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going t

To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler

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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. – Samuel Butler

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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. – Samuel Butler

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The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is Gods message to him. Let him try and be a good thief. – Samuel Butler

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The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all. – Anne Smedley

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The self-existent Lord pierced the senses to turn outward. Thus we look to the world outside and see not the Self within us. A sage withdrew his senses from the world of change and, seeking immortality, looked within and beheld the deathless self. – Katha Upanishad

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But thy eternal summer shall not fade. – William Shakespeare

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Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life. – Heraclitus

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