Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way - who husbands it too carefully to waste it where it can be dispensed with
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.Samuel Butler
As the ancients Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance, And look before you ere you leap For as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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And prove their doctrine orthodox by apostolic blows and knocks.
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With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang.
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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For he by geometric scale Could take the size of pots of ale.
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