"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committi...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
~ Samuel Butler (novelist) ~












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"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
"A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committi...
"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
"A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committi...
"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
"A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committi...
"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
"A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.