Samuel Butler quote about lie from The Note-Books of Samuel Butler - We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
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“ We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ”
 Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation

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Author Samuel Butler
Source The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
Topic lie compliments
Date 1912
Language English
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Samuel Butler quote about lie from The Note-Books of Samuel Butler - We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
Samuel Butler quote about lie from The Note-Books of Samuel Butler - We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.