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Now I Believe I Can Hear The Philosophers Protesting That It Can Only Be Misery To Live In Folly, Illusion, Deception And Ignorance, But It Isn't -it's Human.

A Nail Is Driven Out By Another Nail. Habit Is Overcome By Habit.

Be Careful Not To Be The First To Put Your Hands In The Dish. What You Cannot Hold In Your Hands You Must Put On Your Plate. Also It Is A Great Breach Of Etiquette When Your Fingers Are Dirty And Greasy, To Bring Them To Your Mouth In Order To Lick Them, Or To Clean Them On Your Jacket. It Would Be More Decent To Use The Tablecloth.

They Take Unbelievable Pleasure In The Hideous Blast Of The Hunting Horn And Baying Of The Hounds. Dogs Dung Smells Sweet As Cinnamon To Them.

What Difference Is There, Do You Think, Between Those In Plato's Cave Who Can Only Marvel At The Shadows And Images Of Various Objects, Provided They Are Content And Don't Know What They Miss, And The Philosopher Who Has Emerged From The Cave And Sees The Real Things?