William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow."
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Futility Of Life
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Erma Bombeck
Humorist, Writer
"Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity."
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
George Carlin
Comedian, Actor
"Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
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"When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives."
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"I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers."
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"Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remark the futility of themselves. Perhaps they think that in proclaiming the evil of living they somehow salvage their own worth from the ruin - but they don't, even you and I."
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"It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild. (Ch.1)"
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"Life itself was only futility, vain words, a squabble of cap and bells."
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