The fool is always sure to thrive, And wise men find in him their solace; But should the fool be rich, The wise man is to him not merely brother, But slave and flatterer, and therein he sins
Alexander Sumarokov, "On Fools"
Alexander Sumarokov, "On Fools"
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least