To be is to think and to be thinkable. To live is to contin… - Samuel Butler

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To be is to think and to be thinkable. To live is to continue thinking and to remember having done so.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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If I die prematurely, at any rate I shall be saved from being bored by my own success.

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To be is to think and to be thinkable. To live is to continue thinking and to remember having done so. - Samuel Butler

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