Citations de Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, 1533-1592

Quotations from Montaigne's Essays
selected and translated by Anthony Weir
with glosses and comments.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne
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31.10.10

Il n'y a rien d'inutile en nature, non pas d'inutilité même.

There is nothing useless in nature, not even uselessness.

2 comments:

  1. Wofl31 October 2010 at 05:14

    or:
    There is nothing naturally useless, for even uselessness has its use. Even 'useless' DNA, perhaps. Even a Black Hole...

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  2. Wofl31 October 2010 at 05:16

    ...though it is hard to see what 'use' the human-created Sixth Extinction will serve.

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