Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.


New Ideas - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part VII - On the Making of Music, Pictures, and Books

Samuel Butler Quotes

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it; ideas are just as mortal and just as immortal as organised beings are.