Original artwork, not a still
Among all creatures that breathe on earth and crawl on it there is not anywhere a thing more dismal than man is.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker judges humanity bleakly: of every creature that breathes and crawls on earth, none is more wretched than man. It is a sweeping, pessimistic view of the human condition, ranking people below even the lowliest animals in misery.
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