Quote by 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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There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule. – Samuel Butler

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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it. – Samuel Butler

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If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion. – Martin Amis

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Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, thats important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. – Dalai Lama

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If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment. – Voltaire

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He who is near the Church is often far from God. – Proverb

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