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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 You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. Quote Right
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Quote Left To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. Quote Right
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Quote Left Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies. Quote Right
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Quote Left The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. Quote Right
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Quote Left Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. Quote Right
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