Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.
PlatoAnd we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for our diseases.
PlatoIs it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.
Plato