Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

There is one thing certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.


Samuel Butler's Notebooks (p. 195), Jonathan Cape. 1951


There is one thing certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.

There is one thing certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.

There is one thing certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.

There is one thing certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.