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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 We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. 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 Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. Quote Right
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Quote Left In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. Quote Right
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