"Man is God's highest present development. He is……" — Samuel Butler
"Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God."
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228 Quotes by Samuel Butler
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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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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary…
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A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is…
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of…
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The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
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In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.
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I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was…
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the…
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The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow…
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Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
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