Micromegas

<p>THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURN</p><p>His excellency having laid himself down, and the secretary approached his nose: </p><p>"It must be confessed," said Micromegas, "that nature is full of variety."</p><p>"Yes," replied the Saturnian, "nature is like a parterre, whose flowers --"</p><p>"Pshaw!" cried the other, "a truce with your parterres."</p><p>"It is," resumed the secretary, "like an assembly of fair and brown women, whose dresses--"</p><p>"What a plague have I to do with your brunettes?" said our traveler.</p><p>"Then it is like a gallery of pictures, the strokes of which--"</p><p>"Not at all," answered Micromegas, "I tell you once for all, nature is like nature, and comparisons are odious."</p>

• Micromegas, (Paperback)
• Author: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• ISBN: 9781478364764
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2012-08-05
• Page Count: 32