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The gods had
condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top
of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own
weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no
more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
-- Albert Camus
1913-1960, French Existential
Writer
A constant
smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body,
are strong indications of futility.
-- Lord Chesterfield
1694-1773, British Statesman,
Author
No! I am not
Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be: am an attendant lord,
one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two,
advise the prince.
-- T. S. Eliot
1888-1965, American-born
British Poet, Critic
I have
measured out my life with coffee spoons.
-- T. S. Eliot
1888-1965, American-born
British Poet, Critic
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Life is indeed
darkness save when there is urge, and all urge is blind save
when there is knowledge, and all knowledge is vain save when
there is work, and all work is empty save when there is
love.
-- Kahlil Gibran
1883-1931, Lebanese Poet,
Novelist
It is the
superfluous things for which men sweat.
-- Seneca
4 B.C. – 65 A.D.,
Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
A walking
shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon
the stage, and then is heard no more.
-- William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet,
Playwright, Actor
He is useless
on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the
cabbages.
-- Mark Twain
1835-1910, American Humorist,
Writer
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