Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to. – Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to. – Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler
To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty. – Samuel Butler
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. – Samuel Butler
A furniture maker by trade, James McIntyre turned his hand to poetry in order to help others appreciate the many wonders of Canada as he viewed them. Key among them: cheese. Few could argue with his rationale; to wit, “it is no insignificant theme.” – Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, Very Bad Poetry, 1997 [McIntyre (1827–1906