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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| fortune: cpu time/usefulness ratio too high -- core dumped. | |
| You will outgrow your usefulness. | |
| Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there. | |
| Great accomplishment seems imperfect, Yet it does not outlive its usefulness. Great fullness seems empty, Yet cannot be exhausted. Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward. Movement overcomes cold. Stillness overcomes heat. Stillness and tranquillity set things in order in the universe. | |
| Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. -- Josh Billings | |
