It has come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.

Samuel Butler (poet)

Samuel Butler (poet)

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To have the power to forgive,
Is empire and prerogative,
And 'tis in crowns a nobler gem,
To grant a pardon than condemn.

— Samuel Butler (poet)

Loyalty is still the same,
Whether it win or lose the game;
True as a dial to the sun,
Although it be not shined upon.

— Samuel Butler (poet)

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

— Samuel Butler (poet)

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

— Samuel Butler

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

— Samuel Butler