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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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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. – Samuel Butler

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Life is not an exact science, it is an art. – Samuel Butler

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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Willful waste brings woeful want. – Thomas Fuller

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