Quote by Samuel Butler
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person

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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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler

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Health
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If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s. – Samuel Butler

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Christianity
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. – James A. Baldwin

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Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success – I dont have a standard. – Shahrukh Khan

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Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society. – Mike Rogers

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Im not a big fan of Womens Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect theyre due. – Loretta Lynn

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A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you dont need it. – Bob Hope

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God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. – Robert South

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