Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.


The Essential Samuel Butler (ed. 1950)


In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.