Life is the gathering of waves to a head, at death they break into a million fragments each one of which, however, is absorbed at once into the sea of life and helps to form a later generation which comes rolling on till it too breaks.


Birth and Death, ii - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part I - Lord, What is Man?

Samuel Butler Quotes

Life is the gathering of waves to a head, at death they break into a million fragments each one of which, however, is absorbed at once into the sea...

Life is the gathering of waves to a head, at death they break into a million fragments each one of which, however, is absorbed at once into the sea...

Life is the gathering of waves to a head, at death they break into a million fragments each one of which, however, is absorbed at once into the sea...

Life is the gathering of waves to a head, at death they break into a million fragments each one of which, however, is absorbed at once into the sea...