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«Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.»
«Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.»
«Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.»
«Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way - who husbands it too carefully to waste it where it can be dispensed with»
«They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'»
«If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue»
«A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers»
Author: Samuel Butler
| About:
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
reclaim, reclaimed, reclaiming, reclaims, recover, resurrection, The Resurrection
«Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.»
«A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.»
Author: Samuel Butler
| About:
Knowledge
«Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.»
Author: Samuel Butler
| Keywords:
allow for, as it were, a trifle, compromise, get on, sharp, trifle, tunes
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