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Joseph Butler Quotes

1692–1752 England

Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 O.S. – 16 June 1752 O.S.) was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). His principal works are the Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel (1726) and The Analogy of Religion (1736).

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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy; as hunger is a natural call for food.

Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel (1726)

Every thing is what it is, and not another thing.

The first thought is often the best.

That which is the foundation of all our hopes and of all our fears; all our hopes and fears which are of any consideration: I mean a Future Life.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Butler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.