Multatuli Quotes & Sayings

I love you so much that I'm glad I never met you. — Multatuli

There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart. — Multatuli

It's unfair of a circle to accuse the angle of being sharp. — Multatuli

I would like to meet myself sometime to see how I would look to myself. But I'd have to be in an extremely good state of mind on such a day, because I don't like unpleasantness. — Multatuli

Seen from the moon we are all the same size. — Multatuli

Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant. — Multatuli

There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it. — Multatuli

Since I have the obligation to take care of the needs of my family, I have decided to use a talent which, I believe, has been given to me. I am a poet ... Phew! You know, reader, what I and all sensible people think about that. — Multatuli

Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end. — Multatuli

The entire morality of the world could be summarized in the words, do as others do. — Multatuli

Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this. — Multatuli

Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth. — Multatuli

Endeavour-with most diligent labour, O aspiring artist!-to master content. The form will rise to meet you. — Multatuli

Maybe nothing is completely true, and not even that. — Multatuli

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture — Multatuli