“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Striving tor excellence is pure vanity, a form of snobbery, and a complete waste of time.
If you succeed in accomplishing anything above the ordinary, you will attract hatred, mockery, disapproval and possibly violent retaliation.
Keep your knowedge to yourself and don't try to acquire any more than you already have.
Conform to mediocrity. Revel in inferiority. Don't ever do anythng you don't absolutely have to do.
Never try to please your teachers or your boss.
Aim low. Make a habit of Wasting as much Time as you possibly. When you're not watching TV, do a lot of drinking and fucking, and you'll get along ust fine.
The Great Gray Brotherhood will wecome you with open arms to the LAnd of the Nebbishes.
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A man's reach should never exceed his grasp.
Striving tor excellence is pure vanity, a form of snobbery, and a complete waste of time.
If you succeed in accomplishing anything above the ordinary, you will attract hatred, mockery, disapproval and possibly violent retaliation.
Keep your knowedge to yourself and don't try to acquire any more than you already have.
Conform to mediocrity. Revel in inferiority. Don't ever do anythng you don't absolutely have to do.
Never try to please your teachers or your boss.
Aim low. Make a habit of Wasting as much Time as you possibly. When you're not watching TV, do a lot of drinking and fucking, and you'll get along ust fine.
The Great Gray Brotherhood will wecome you with open arms to the LAnd of the Nebbishes.
The schlimiel spills hot soup. It falls on the schlimazl. The nebbish mops it up. The shmuck laughs...
-Old Yiddish joke
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