"Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership . . . not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born." - Edmund Burke
A boy sees an old man in his garden planting a cherry tree. The boy asks, "Old man, why are you planning a tree that you will never get to sit under?" The old man responds, "Fuck you, this is my garden and I'll plant whatever the Hell I want."
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Mentalfloss1 on July 17th, 2018 at 22:35 UTC »
My dad had a forest that he donated to the state. He planted in it even in his last months. Dad had no money, but loved forests.
HalfAlligator on July 18th, 2018 at 00:51 UTC »
"Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership . . . not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born." - Edmund Burke
It's a shame most people don't behave like this.
I_might_be_weasel on July 18th, 2018 at 02:11 UTC »
I recall a similiar Chinese proverb:
A boy sees an old man in his garden planting a cherry tree. The boy asks, "Old man, why are you planning a tree that you will never get to sit under?" The old man responds, "Fuck you, this is my garden and I'll plant whatever the Hell I want."