Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank. — Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank. — Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank. — Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank. — Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank. — Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
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Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank.

— Rémy de Gourmont, Philosophic Nights in Paris,: Being Selections from Promenades Philosophiques
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