Desert Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling.” quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset — Download Open image

“Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling.”

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