Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of child… - Samuel Butler

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Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.

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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He who would propagate an opinion must begin by making sure of his ground and holding it firmly. There is as little use in trying to breed from weak opinion as from other weak stock.

After having spent years striving to be accurate, we must spend as many more in discovering when and how to be inaccurate.

It is said of money that it is more easily made than kept and this is true of many things, such as friendship; and even life itself is more easily got than kept.

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are. - Samuel Butler

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