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Quote by Samuel Butler
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor rememberi

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler

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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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