The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them...

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Telling someone that you're going to bed, when you're actually not and then having to...

Telling someone that you're going to bed, when you're actually not and then having to...