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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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. – Samuel Butler

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A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler

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Marriage
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Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. – Samuel Butler

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Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it… thats different. – Michael Haneke

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Early this morning, I signed my death warrant. – Michael Collins

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Miller didnt write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. Thats the measure of its merit. – Elia Kazan

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It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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