"In the midst of vice we are in…" — Samuel Butler
"In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
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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 Midst Quotes
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
— Karen Armstrong
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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds…
— Mary Astell
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
— Teresa of Avila
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Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.
— Michele Bachmann
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
— Bernard Baruch
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Saying that the Palestinian people aren't really a people - that's not a zany thing to say. That's a psychotic…
— Lewis Black
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When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together…
— Jeff Bridges
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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst…
— Lord Byron
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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in…
— John Calvin
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Why do people hate God?... One, they hate the moral standard. Two, they hate the way he's transforming the world…
— Kirk Cameron
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In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
— Deepak Chopra
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It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum…
— Hillary Clinton
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