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

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Religion
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Samuel Butler
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An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler

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Ideas
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Communism possesses a language which every people can understand – its elements are hunger, envy, and death. – Heinrich Heine

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Death

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. Thats flexibility. – Antonin Scalia

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Death

Failure too is a form of death. – Graham Greene

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Death

Youve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive. – Jean Cocteau

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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. – Robert Kennedy

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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. – Miguel de Cervantes

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