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Quote by Samuel Butler
To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all

To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. – 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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