Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas -- Satires, Satire 8, l. 1 (1716)

Dave — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:43:16 +0000

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly,
Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky,
From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan,
I really think the greatest fool is man.

[De tous les animaux qui s’élèvent dans l’air,
Qui marchent sur la terre, ou nagent dans la mer,
De Paris au Pérou, du Japon jusqu’à Rome,
Le plus sot animal, à mon avis, c’est l’homme.]

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) French poet and critic
Satires, Satire 8, l. 1 (1716)

Zelazny, Roger -- Trumps of Doom, ch. 9 (1985)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

As I was finishing, I heard a crashing noise. A horned and tusked purple thing went racing along the ridge to my right pursued by a hairless orange-skinned creature with long claws and a forked tail. Both were wailing in different keys.
I nodded. It was just one damned thing after another.

Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) American writer
Trumps of Doom, ch. 9 (1985)
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WIST Quotations

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas -- Satires, Satire 8, l. 1 (1716)

Zelazny, Roger -- Trumps of Doom, ch. 9 (1985)