Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them by mistake or oversight.


The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler (Volume 2), Miscellaneous Thoughts (p. 289)


All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them...

All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them...

All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them...

All the inventions that the world contains, Were not by reason first found out, nor brains; But pass for theirs who had the luck to light Upon them...