#futile

The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. ↗

— Hartley William Shawcross

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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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