The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid. the Revolt of the Masses

Once it's been proved to you that you're descended from an ape, it's no use pulling a face; just accept it. Once they've proved to you that a single droplet of your own fat must be dearer to you than a hundred thousand of your fellow human beings and consequently that all so-called virtues and duties are nothing but ravings and prejudices, then accept that too, because there's nothing to be done. Notes from Underground

“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.” Eat That Frog!

“This is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous.” The Prince