“Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase?”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.
“A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals.”
— Lin Yutang, book The Importance of Living
Source: The Importance of Living (1937), Ch. I : The Awakening, p. 4
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