Quote by Samuel Butler
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life i

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler

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It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler

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