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

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so t — Samuel Butler

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

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