Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season—delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice…more remarkable, as a general rule, for biting east winds than genial breezes.


The Way of All Flesh (1903)


Youth is like spring, an overpraised season—delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice…more remarkable, as a general rule, for...

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season—delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice…more remarkable, as a general rule, for...

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season—delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice…more remarkable, as a general rule, for...

Youth is like spring, an overpraised season—delightful if it happen to be a favored one, but in practice…more remarkable, as a general rule, for...