Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quote

We think ourselves unhappy when a comet appears; but it is the comet itself which is unfortunate.


Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - The Fifth Evening (p. 175), Printed for Peter Wilson. Dublin, Ireland. 1761


We think ourselves unhappy when a comet appears; but it is the comet itself which is unfortunate.

We think ourselves unhappy when a comet appears; but it is the comet itself which is unfortunate.

We think ourselves unhappy when a comet appears; but it is the comet itself which is unfortunate.

We think ourselves unhappy when a comet appears; but it is the comet itself which is unfortunate.