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No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Speaker: Michel de MontaignePosted: 05 Aug 2009 at 6:32 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
There’s so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature… yes, that’s it: just thinking about trees and their indifferent majesty and our love for them teaches us how ridiculous we are – vile parasites squirming on the surface of the earth – and at the same time how deserving of life we can be, when we can honor this beauty that owes us nothing.