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You have a wrong sow by the ear.

You have a wrong sow by the ear.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Swine Quotes,
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The Roman senate, when within
The city walls an owl was seen,
Did cause their clergy, with read more

The Roman senate, when within
The city walls an owl was seen,
Did cause their clergy, with lustrations
. . . .
The round-fac'd prodigy t' avert,
From doing town or country hurt.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Owls Quotes,
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he read more

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Nature Quotes,
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'Cause grace and virtue are within
Prohibited degrees of kin;
And therefore no true saint allows,
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'Cause grace and virtue are within
Prohibited degrees of kin;
And therefore no true saint allows,
They shall be suffer'd to espouse.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Matrimony Quotes,
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Reason Quotes,
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