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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.
“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
“Extravagance is the luxury of the poor, penury the luxury of the rich.”
― Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
― Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
“Acquaintance softens prejudices.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
“Those who try to entrap others are often caught by their own schemes.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
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