Knowledge and meaning can be too earnestly sought after. for the boy who, blind or helpless, can lie around and find moonlight and dancing girls going about their business in the secrecy of his mind alone.

In like a dimwit, out like a light.

Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at.

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