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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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Truth
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Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. – Samuel Butler

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Its okay to be a fat man. Its prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control. – Camryn Manheim

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Fight the power that be. Fight the power. – Spike Lee

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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. – Albert Einstein

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The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. – Bertrand Russell

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