Quote by Michel de Montaigne
Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
Summary
This quote suggests that nature, or the natural course of events, should have been content with causing unhappiness during the time in which the quote is referring to, without also making it absurd or laughable. It implies a dissatisfaction with the extent of the suffering endured during that particular era, and highlights the irony or absurdity that exists alongside the misery.