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> [It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/it-is-not-at-all-incredible-that-a-book-which-has-been-so-long-in-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

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## More by Joseph Butler

> [Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/every-man-is-to-be-considered-in-two-capacities-the-private-and/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/every-man-hath-a-general-desire-of-his-own-happiness-and-likewise-a/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/the-principle-we-call-self-love-never-seeks-anything-external-for-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/however-without-considering-this-connection-there-is-no-doubt-but/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/there-is-a-much-more-exact-correspondence-between-the-natural-and/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/virtue-as-such-naturally-procures-considerable-advantages-to-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/remember-likewise-there-are-persons-who-love-fewer-words-an/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/this-was-the-man-this-balaam-i-say-was-the-man-who-desired-to-die-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/love-of-our-neighbour-then-has-just-the-same-respect-to-is-no-more/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/pain-and-sorrow-and-misery-have-a-right-to-our-assistance-compassion/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/the-object-of-self-love-is-expressed-in-the-term-self-and-every/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/the-love-of-liberty-that-is-not-a-real-principle-of-dutiful-behavior/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [Happiness does not consist in self-love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/happiness-does-not-consist-in-self-love/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/it-is-not-at-all-incredible-that-a-book-which-has-been-so-long-in-the/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

> [As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/as-this-world-was-not-intended-to-be-a-state-of-any-great/)

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