What an ugly world you choose to live in Not neat and pretty like yours, not bound about by rules the way yours is. Laws and principals, theories and hypotheses, may they cover your eyes and keep you happy
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Criticism of someone who prefers a controlled, rule-bound world over a chaotic, realistic one.
- In plain terms
- You live in a fantasy because the real world is too messy.
- What can you take from it?
- Rules and theories can blind you to reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is your world too neat?
- Are you avoiding reality?
Another view
Rules provide necessary structure for society.
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