Thursday, December 07, 2017

 

Moral Perfection

Jules Renard, Journal (May 16, 1905; tr. Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget):
Perhaps, if you were to become too perfect morally, you would become like that little stunted tree I see through my window, that no longer produces a single leaf.

Peut-être que, si l'on perfectionnait trop sa morale, on deviendrait comme ce petit arbre rabougri que je vois par la fenêtre de mon jardin et qui ne produit même plus une feuille.



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