• From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

  Alfred de Vigny
  French poet and writer 1797-1863
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. surrounds
2. created
3. because
4. himself
5. nature
6. which

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From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own. by : Alfred de Vigny

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