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We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
“Descend, bold traveler, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the calends of July, and you will attain the center of the earth. Which I have done, Arne Saknussemm.”
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend’s burdens upon thyself.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny, and it is useless for the innocent to try by reasoning to get justice, when the oppressor intends to be unjust.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
“BETTER A LITTLE CAUTION THAN A GREAT REGRET”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“Undoubtedly philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.”
― Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World
― Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World
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