We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superio… - Samuel Butler

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We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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A credulous mind . . . finds most delight in believing
strange things, and the stranger they are the easier they pass
with him; but never regards those that are plain and
feasible, for every man can believe such.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

People are always in good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them. - Samuel Butler

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