All things are like exposed photographic plates that have n… - Samuel Butler

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All things are like exposed photographic plates that have no visible image on them till they have been developed.

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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Alternative Names: Cellarius

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The Discobolus is put here because he is vulgar — He has neither vest nor pants with which to cover his limbs.

Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is far safer to know too little than too much. People will condemn the one, though they will resent being called upon to exert themselves to follow the other.

All things are like exposed photographic plates that have no visible image on them till they have been developed. - Samuel Butler

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