Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but also died before us.


The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Large Edition (ed. 2008)


Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but...

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but...

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but...

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but...