Top 10 Quotes by Multatuli

Seen from the moon we are all the same size.

Moon, Tolerance, Humanity

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.61, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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

Heart, Evil, Sin

Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.

Truth

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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.

Truth, Poetry, Doe

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

Truth, Two, Half

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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

Circles, Tolerance, Unfair

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.54, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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

Principles

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.80, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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

Life Is, Hell, Shame

"Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company". Novel by Multatuli, 1860.

Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.

Rope, Eternity, Immortality

Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.61, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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

Artist, Endeavour, Form

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