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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.