#him

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compliment #him #his #kind #lie

Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#bass players #bruce #changed #cream #did

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#band #cannot #christ #dislike #him

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#himself #man #manner #temper #tone

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#before #clear #done #god #him

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#best #himself #his #inspires #listener

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#cop #draw #grandfather #heard #him

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#another #any #disclosure #display #error