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.
“You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you.”
― The Richest Man In Babylon
― The Richest Man In Babylon
“Acquaintance softens prejudices.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
“Those who pretend that they can mend others should first mend themselves, and then they will be more readily believed.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
“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
“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
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