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If I had not had so much ambition and had not tried to do so many things I probably would have been happier, but less useful.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?

Chuang Chou, a.k.a. Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tse Chuang : Chinese philosopher, major thinker in Taoism
Chuang Tzu (c.360 BC - c. 275 BC)
Source: Tao of Symbols: How to Transcend the Limits of Our Symbolism by James N. Powell
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Is it possible for any useful thing to be accomplished without change?

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations (Penguin Great Ideas)
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