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.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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

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

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all.

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...