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Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was a poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem entitled Hudibras .


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Quote Left It has beeen said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Quote Right
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Quote Left There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule. Quote Right
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Quote Left Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Quote Right
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Quote Left I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. Quote Right
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Quote Left Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs