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• A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.
  -- Samuel Butle...
• God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. -- Samuel Butle
• All of the animals excepting man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
  -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)...
• A warped sense of humor is vastly better than no sense of humor at all
• To those who are awake, there is one ordered universe common to all, whereas in sleep each man turns away from this world to one of his own.
  -- Heraclitu...
• And though all cry down self, none means his ownself in a literal sense. -- Butle
• And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.
  If you are a brave man, you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have the need to prove their bravery....