Quote by Samuel Butler
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty an

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. – Samuel Butler

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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. – Samuel Butler

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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Brendan Behan

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