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I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
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The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.
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