“Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.”
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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.