Quote by Samuel Butler
Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away. - Sa

Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away. – Samuel Butler

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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler

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Writing
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler

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Money
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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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A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one. – Rita Mae Brown

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Decisions

We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live. – Omar Bradley

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Decisions

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. – Chinese Proverb

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Decisions

Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course. – Adrian Cadbury

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Decisions

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All architects want to live beyond their deaths. – Philip Johnson

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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. – Abdallah II

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Knowledge

Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul… but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October. – Peggy Toney Horton

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Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. – Jonathan Swift

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