All this time I've heard those words (in the opening) recited and never known who wrote/said them originally.
and in fairness I might not have remembered even if I had known x_x
That quote in the body (and whatever else is in your quote book) is probably on a meme background somewhere with people resharing it as inspirational and if lucky some might even be taking it to heart.
Oh yeah, if it's not on a meme it's not worth reading, or so I've heard. 😳
Sometimes I wonder why people choose not to look back to other people's experiences through their quotes and learn something that might help them in their own lives...but in truth, they probably have their heads full of other things. Corporations and governments like to keep the populace nice and controlled, and dumb.
I know some people delude themselves that they're so much more educated and know so much better than people in the past therefore any pearls of wisdom they had to impart is completely irrelevant in this day and age.
cue surprise when a pattern repeats that they somehow never saw coming despite all their education
Indeed. Crazy huh?