Quote#Pain
[A] watch keeping correct time is no guarantee that the bearer shall…
Quote byRichard Jefferies · 1848–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1883), Chapter II, p. 28.
English (original)
[A] watch keeping correct time is no guarantee that the bearer shall not suffer pain. The owner of the watch may be soulless, without mind-fire, a mere creature. No benefit to the heart or to the body accrues from the most accurate mechanism.
— Richard Jefferies
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