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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. — Abu Bakr
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet… — George Matthew Adams
The most useless are those who never change through the years. — James M. Barrie
I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of… — Charles Baudelaire
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. — George Ade
How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick… — Nellie Bly
The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless. — Sophia Bush
It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep. — Lord Byron
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living… — Lord Byron
Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions. — Albert Camus
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. — Giacomo Casanova
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. — Nicolas Chamfort
Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry… — Helena Bonham Carter
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from… — Chanakya
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. — Anton Chekhov
Ability without honor is useless. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as… — Stewart Alsop
To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless. — Herophilos
If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless. — Darryl F. Zanuck

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