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Quote by Samuel Butler
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part o

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. – Samuel Butler

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Conscience
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. – Samuel Butler

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Faith
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The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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Willful waste brings woeful want. – Thomas Fuller

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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

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