There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as …

Samuel Butler
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. ✨ Samuel Butler (2015). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated), p.4373, Delphi Classics
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. ✨ Samuel Butler (1951). Samuel Butler's notebooks
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. ✨ Sir Francis Bacon, Samuel Butler, William Morris (2014). The Utopia MEGAPACK ®: 20 Classic Utopian and Dystopian Works, p.3 … ▶
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. ✨ Samuel Butler (2015). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated), p.4349, Delphi Classics
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. ✨ Samuel Butler, Hans-Peter Breuer (1984). The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883, Univ Pr of Amer

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. ✨ Samuel Butler (2015). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated), p.4373, Delphi Classics

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