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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. – Samuel Butler

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Knowledge
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Samuel Butler
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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Argument & Debate
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It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler

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Alcohol/Alcoholism
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It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. – John Steinbeck

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Life and death have been lacking in my life. – Jorge Luis Borges

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It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. – Jacqueline Cochran

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Ive told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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