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 Butler
keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those
that are worth committing.
-- Samuel Butler
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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... - God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
Samuel... - All of the animals excepting man know that the principal business of
life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler (1835... - A warped sense of humor is vastly better than no sense
of humor at... - To those who are awake, there is one ordered universe common to all,
whereas in sleep each man turns away from this world... - And though all cry down self,
none means his ownself in a literal sense. --... - 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...
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- Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.
- Ben... - Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired
signifies in the final sense,
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those... - The greater the philosopher, the harder it is for him to answer the
questions of the average man.
Henryk... - Let him turn and twist slowly in the wind.
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John... - Birds and bees have as much to do with the facts of life as black
nightgowns do with keeping warm.
Hester Mundis,...
