Tao Te Ching

“‘And what does it amount to?’ said Satan, with his evil chuckle. ‘Nothing at all. You gain nothing… Who gets a profit out of it? Nobody but a parcel of usurping little monarchs and nobilities who despise you… whom you slave for, fight for, die for… it is the foundation upon which all civilizations have been built.’”

— Mark Twain 1835 – 1910 CE
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
America’s most famous author