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Barry Hughart - The Story of the Stone (1988)

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I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

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Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot understand, and since we cannot understand we must do the best we can with faith. which is our only talent. The greatest act of faith we are capable of is that of loving another more than we love ourselves, and occasionally we can be quite good at it.

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A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.

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Barry Hughart

Barry Hughart

Born: March 13, 1934
Died: August 1, 2019 (aged 85)
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