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God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and
invented cages.
Jacques Boularan (1895-06-27 – 1972-12-19), known by
the pseudonym Jacques Deval, was a French
playwright and director. His most famous work is the play
Tovaritch (1933), later adapted into English as the film
Tovarich (1937).
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God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and
invented cages.
Quoted in Barbara K. Rodes and Rice Odell, A Dictionary of
Environmental Quotations (1992), p. 22