Quote by Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense t

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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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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Dreams
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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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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. – Samuel Butler

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Home
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Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume

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I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. – H. L. Mencken

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Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life. – Joyce Meyer

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. – John Locke

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To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law. – William Tyndale

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You fill yourself with the sharp pain of love, rather than its fulfillment. – Rumi

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