Hudibras Quotes

“He that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

“Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

“The queen of night, whose large command
Rules all the sea, and half the land”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

“For Rhime the Rudder is of Verses,
With which like Ships they steer their courses.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

“His knowledge was not far behind
The knight's, but of another kind,
And he another way came by't ;
Some call it Gifts, and some New Light.
A lib'ral art, that costs no pains
Of study, industry, or brains.”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

“For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls,
The learned hold, are animals;
So horses they affirm to be
Mere engines made by geometry”
― Samuel Butler, Hudibras