Quote by Samuel Butler
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of light

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – 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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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – Samuel Butler

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If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret. – Confucius

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Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination. – Christopher Isherwood

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Life must be lived as play. – Plato

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The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. – Robert Frost

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Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. – Zane Grey

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Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign. – William Cullen Bryant

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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. – Marcus Valerius Martialis

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Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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