And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these … - Konstantinos P. Cavafy

Of what’s to come the wise perceive things about to happen. <p> Sometimes during moments of intense study their hearing’s troubled: the hidden sound of things approaching reaches them, and they listen reverently, while in the street outside the people hear nothing whatsoever.

And now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?
They were, those people, a kind of solution.

Of course many people will have much to say. We should listen. But we won't be deceived by words such as Indispensable, Unique, and Great. Someone else indispensable and unique and great can always be found at a moment's notice.