"God cannot alter the past, that is why……" — Samuel Butler
"God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians"
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228 Quotes by Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler has 228 quotes on this site.
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Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to…
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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want…
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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till…
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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will…
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Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is…
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come…
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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for…
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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them…
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he…
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More Alter Quotes
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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
— Francis Bacon
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
— Lord Acton
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
— John Adams
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My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what…
— Chris Brown
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Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and…
— Luke Bryan
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The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,…
— Kobe Bryant
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In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the…
— Kobe Bryant
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Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike.…
— Candace Bushnell
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
— Samuel Butler
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Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things…
— James Allen
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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or…
— William Kingdon Clifford
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You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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