More From Samuel Butler
- "They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, ‘Can he name a kitten?’"
- "Man is God’s highest present development. He is the latest thing in God."
- "Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure."
More In Poetry
- "They need to learn poetry. They don’t need to learn about poetry. They don’t need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don’t need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it."― Peter Davison
- "We don’t believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
- "Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners."― Robert Morgan