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

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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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You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. – Samuel Butler

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Logic is like the sword – Samuel Butler

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. – Samuel Butler

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