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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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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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

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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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Lets not quibble! Im the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead

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Every day you waste is one you can never make up. – George Allen

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When the government violates the peoples rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties. – Marquis de Lafayette

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All great art comes from a sense of outrage. – Glenn Close

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To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool. – Adrian Smith

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