"Two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - A. Einstein
Or Alexandre Dumas much earlier:
"Une chose qui m’humilie profondément est de voir que le génie humain a des limites, quand la bêtise humaine n’en a pas."
In English: "One thing that deeply humbles me is to see that human genius has limits, when human stupidity has none."
"I don't think outside the box; I think of what I can do with the box." - Henri Matisse
"I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The taverns are full of gadabouts making merry this eve and though I may press my face like an urchin at a confetioner's, I am tempted not by the sweetness within. A dram in exchange for the pox is an ill bargain indeed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys re the Great Plague of 1665-6.
More on the plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_...ntive_measures
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