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"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Self-Praise, Right

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"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places."

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"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Self-Praise, Right

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"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."

"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."

"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."

"When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once."

"Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it."

"Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have."

"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

"God cannot alter the past, though historians can."

"I reckon being ill is one of the greatest pleasures of life provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better."

"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day."

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