There is no exercise of the intellect which is not, in the final analysis, useless. A philosophical doctrine begins as a plausible description of the universe; with the passage of the years it becomes a mere chapter — if not a paragraph or a name — in the history of philosophy.
"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Variant: There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless. - The Garden of Forking Paths (1942)
