Quote by Samuel Butler
To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him. – Samuel Butler

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler

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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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