It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves. - Franz Kafka

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

This question of yours, Sir, about my being a house painter — or rather, not a question, you simply made a statement — is typical of the whole character of this trial that is being foisted on me. You may object that it is not a trial at all; you are quite right, for it is only a trial if I recognize it as such. But for the moment I do recognize it, on grounds of compassion, as it were. One can't regard it except with compassion, if one is to regard it at all. I do not say that your procedure is contemptible, but I should like to present that epithet to you for your private consumption.

If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.