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Samuel Butler Quote

“I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.”

— Samuel Butler

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

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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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