The Will-be and the Has-been touch us more nearly than the Is. So we are more tender towards children and old people than to those who are in the prime of life.


Future and Past - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy

Samuel Butler Quotes

The Will-be and the Has-been touch us more nearly than the Is. So we are more tender towards children and old people than to those who are in the...

The Will-be and the Has-been touch us more nearly than the Is. So we are more tender towards children and old people than to those who are in the...

The Will-be and the Has-been touch us more nearly than the Is. So we are more tender towards children and old people than to those who are in the...

The Will-be and the Has-been touch us more nearly than the Is. So we are more tender towards children and old people than to those who are in the...