Samuel Butler's Quote - Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – 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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The history of art is the history of revivals. – Samuel Butler

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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler

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