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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. - S

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

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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Loss
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Samuel Butler
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Every mans work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. – Samuel Butler

Category:
architecture
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Samuel Butler
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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

Category:
Faith
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Samuel Butler
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Other Quotes from
War
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How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for wont take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority. – John Salazar

Category:
War

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. – Chief Joseph

Category:
War

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. – Nicolas Sarkozy

Category:
War

Weve got to keep an eye on the battle that we face – a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And theres only one way to beat and win that war – the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. – James P. Hoffa

Category:
War

Random Quotes

I like computers. I like the Internet. Its a tool that can be used. But dont be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system. – Jerry Brown

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Computers

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldnt want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith – Ive had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe Id like to be J. K. Rowling, but Ill settle for second best. – Wilbur Smith

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Happiness

The new information technology… Internet and e-mail… have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. – Peter Drucker

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Computers

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite. – Taylor Caldwell

Category:
Death