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  • whyrat@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Two of my favorite are from Antoine de Saint-Exupery:

    “What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”

    “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” (Also attributed as a Native American proverb)

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      7 days ago

      I kinda disagree with the first one. Plenty of places which do not support humans are beautiful. And I don’t like the implication that to be beautiful, you must be hostile with hidden kindness underneath. I don’t know if that’s how Antoine meant it, though.