Quote by Samuel Butler
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. – Samuel Butler

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A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler

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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. – Samuel Butler

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

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The best thing about animals is that they dont talk much. – Thornton Wilder

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All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths they become facts, or at best, part of the public character or at worst, catchwords. – T. S. Eliot

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I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become. – Mitt Romney

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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

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