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Quote by Samuel Butler
There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s. – Samuel Butler

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Christianity
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Samuel Butler
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A physicians physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a clerics divinity has to his power of influencing conduct. – Samuel Butler

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Medical
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Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it… thats different. – Michael Haneke

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I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff – we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles! – Jamie Foxx

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I dont believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didnt, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. – Hedy Lamarr

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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. – James Anthony Froude

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All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope. – Alexandre Dumas

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