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A lawyer 's dream of heaven : every man reclaimed his own property at the resurr — Samuel Butler

A lawyer 's dream of heaven : every man reclaimed his own property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. — Samuel Butler
The dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything. — Samuel Butler
Many, if not most, good ideas die young — mainly from neglect on the part of the — Samuel Butler
But I did not yield at once; I enjoyed the process of being argued with too keen — Samuel Butler
haunt me. In them I have found eternal compensation, unfathomable power, unbroke — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When the sun goeth up, where stayeth night? When the joy of bounty came, where l — Rumi
We come and go, but for the gain, where is it? And spin life’s woof, but for the — Omar Khayyám
A bit of profanity emphasizes talent. — Jules Renard
My parents were both born in Virginia of undistinguished families... My mother, — Abraham Lincoln
Knowledge comes Of learning well retain'd, unfruitful else. — Dante Alighieri
Nor do I know what is become Of him, more than the Pope of Rome. — Samuel Butler