Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. – Samuel Butler
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. – Samuel Butler
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler
The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them. – Samuel Butler