The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should have lived.


Hamlet, Don Quixote, Mr. Pickwick and others - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy

Samuel Butler Quotes

The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should...

The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should...

The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should...

The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should...