Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.


The Note-books of Samuel Butler: 1874-1883 (ed. Univ Pr of Amer, 1984)


A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.