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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspi

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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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. – Samuel Butler

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