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Everything turns on pain; the rest is accessory, even nonexistent, for we remember only what hurts. Painful sensations being the only real ones, it is… — Emile M. Cioran
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. — Andre Gide
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. — E T A Hoffmann
Prejudices are useless. Call Los Angeles any dirty name you like - Six Suburbs in Search of a City, Paradise with a Lobotomy, anything -… — Clive James
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep. — John Cage
Hope could be the most powerful thing or the most useless. — Deb Caletti
Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out… — Christopher Columbus
If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not be… — Samuel Johnson
Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo. — Theodore Levitt
Wisdom is knowledge applied. Head knowledge is useless on the battlefield. Knowledge stamped on the heartmmakes one wise — Beth Moore
Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge. — Ivan Panin
There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless. — Jorge Luis Borges
Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we… — Blaise Pascal
We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes… — Geronimo
Ideas are useless unless used. — Theodore Levitt
If you can come to this nowness without sex, sex, by and by will become useless, it will disappear. It will not be a desire… — Rajneesh
Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to… — Plato
Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no… — William F. Longgood
For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it… — Gautama Buddha
Even if their child is useless, parents will not find them shameful. But if you're an outstanding child, you don't have the right to find… — Seo Won

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