You know what circumcision is, Private?
Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.
The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).
Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death.