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

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

The Way of All Flesh

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Original Citation

Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Grant Richards, 1903, ch. 34.

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Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Everyman's Library, 1993, ch. 34.

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A quote by Samuel Butler (novelist) about compliments: “The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can…”

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