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“laws are always of use to those who possess and harmful to those who have nothing” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract” - 1762

“Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.” Kurt Vonnegut, “Cat's Cradle” - 1963

“You can’t hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn’t mean tin is useless.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.” Louisa May Alcott, “An Old-Fashioned Girl” - 1869

“The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.” George R. R. Martin, “A Feast for Crows” - 2005

“All art is quite useless.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness.” Jerome K. Jerome, “Three Men in a Boat” - 1889

“there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet” - 1887

“one girl is more use than twenty boys.” J. M. Barrie, “Peter Pan” - 1911

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An Old-Fashioned Girl (1)
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