Jules Renard: The bird does not perch on the rose bush because there is a rose: it perches on it because it has seen lice.

The bird does not perch on the rose bush because there is a rose: it perches on — Jules Renard

The bird does not perch on the rose bush because there is a rose: it perches on it because it has seen lice.

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