Point naught ('tis a bad habit)

You think you are fairly intelligent. But think this.. you are definitely not the most intelligent/ingenious person; you do get snapping ideas from time to time, which you think are fairly smart; what when u realise that somebody's already thought of any idea which you'll ever think, and probably tens or hundreds of years ago? How wasteful, pointless and sweet Fanny Adams will your existence feel ?

Edit (Jan 16 '09): I have proof for this. I was thinking about how one could use any piece of information any which way, in proving yourself right. And, thinking myself to be intelligent to be thinking so. Well, some guy already thought about it, and put it in a book he wrote! Its Aldous Huxley folks. I started reading his quotes to get an idea of what he's like and I found the nemesis of a sentence. What would I like more than sharing it with you. Here, have a look, will you ->

"Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism."

* "Bruno Rontini" in Time Must Have A Stop (1944) - Which is actually Aldous Huxley of course, 'cause he's the one who wrote the book.

And by the way, he reigned nearly half a century ago