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“There is a pseudo-advertisement in American folklore: ''Have gun, will travel''. A more general, unspoken, motto of the human race is: ''Have pessimism, laziness, superficiality: will use them''. And if you have these things, be sure of another fact: just as surely as other people will use your possessions if they can, they will use you through your proclivities, because they certainly can'.” — Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know
There is a pseudo-advertisement in American folklore: ''Have gun, will travel''.
A more general, unspoken, motto of the human race is:
''Have pessimism, laziness, superficiality: will use them''.
And if you have these things, be sure of another fact: just as surely as other people will use your possessions if they can, they will use you through your proclivities, because they certainly can'.