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• A wit 's a feather, and a chief a rod; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 247...
• God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. -- Samuel Butle
• From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad
  Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God....
• An honest god is the noblest work of man. ... God has always resembled his creators.
  He hated and loved what they hated and loved and he was invariably found on the side of those in power....
• To do great work work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. -- Samuel Butle
• God cannot alter the past but historians can." -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
• Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. -- Samuel Butle
• Theist and Atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
  -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)...
• All of the animals excepting man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
  -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)...