Quotes and Random Brainfarts Quotes, etc. A little gossip, a little chat, a little idle talk of this and that. The film Apocalypse Now retells Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness , set in Vietnam rather than Africa. History never repeats itself.
Man always does.
That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you.