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All wise Princes have ever usd to instill into their People, a Contempt, and Hatred of Forraine Nations, to render them the more united among themselves.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
“Princes and Government,” Note-Books
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THE OBSTINATE MAN does not hold Opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an Error, ’tis, like the Devil, not to be cast out but with great Difficulty.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
“The Obstinate Man”
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Such as do build their faith upon
The holy text of pike and gun …
And prove their doctrine orthodox
By apostolic blows and knocks.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
Hudibras, Part i. Canto i. Line 199 (1662; 1663; 1678)

He that complies against his Will
Is of his own opinion still.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
Hudibras, Part III, canto 3, l. 547 (1662; 1663; 1678)

The first undertakers in all great attempts commonly miscarry, and leave the advantages of their losses to those that came after them.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
Prose Observations (1660-80)

There is nothing in the world that breeds Atheism like Hypocrisy.

Samuel Butler (1612-1680) English poet, satirist, painter, philosopher [Hudibras Butler]
Prose Observations, “Religion” (1660-1680) (ed. H de Quehen (1979))