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It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen, but is it not also h — Samuel Butler

It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen, but is it not also hard upon the hen to have hatched the duckling?

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It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has writ — Samuel Butler
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. — Samuel Butler
Sin is like a mountain with two aspects according to whether it is viewed before — Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. — Samuel Butler
Thus our duties to animals are indirectly duties to humanity. — Immanuel Kant
Primum quaerite bona animi; caetera aut aderunt, aut non oberunt. — Francis Bacon
It may be presumed that all animals which feed on various substances possess the — Charles Darwin
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! — William Shakespeare
Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce q — Honoré de Balzac
Veritas odit moras. — Truth hates delays. Seneca the Younger
Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the m — Leonardo da Vinci
He who chooses to know for the sake of knowing will choose most readily that whi — Aristotle