Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living. The importance of Being Earnest
What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just the same shall be man to the Übermensch: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Self-control and resistance to distractions. Optimism in adversity—especially illness. Book I
Chess ... a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time. The Irrational Knot
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