Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.Samuel Butler
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
Samuel Butler
'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin And therefore no true saint allows They shall be suffer'd to espouse.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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