Multatuli Quote

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.

The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli (ed. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1974) - ISBN: 9780870231230

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.