Micromegas by Voltaire, Fiction, Classics, Literary
Voltaire,Francois-Marie Arouet,Francois-Marie Arouet
Micromegas by Voltaire, Fiction, Classics, Literary
Voltaire,Francois-Marie Arouet,Francois-Marie Arouet
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THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURN
His excellency having laid himself down, and the secretary approached his nose: It must be confessed, said Micromegas, that nature is full of variety.
Yes, replied the Saturnian, nature is like a parterre, whose flowers –
Pshaw! cried the other, a truce with your parterres.
It is, resumed the secretary, like an assembly of fair and brown women, whose dresses–
What a plague have I to do with your brunettes? said our traveler. Then it is like a gallery of pictures, the strokes of which–
Not at all, answered Micromegas, I tell you once for all, nature is like nature, and comparisons are odious.
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