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For every why he had a wherefore. - Samuel Butler

For every why he had a wherefore. – Samuel Butler

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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. – Samuel Butler

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Letters (writing)
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. – Samuel Butler

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respect
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You dont always get what you ask for, but you never get what you dont ask for… unless its contagious! – Franklyn Broude

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Ask with urgency and passion. – Arthur Balfour

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Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them. – Frank Moore Colby

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Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. – Chinese Proverb

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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. – William Alger

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