The Road to Oz

Пока они друзья, их странности не имеют значения.

Perphaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood.

The only way to do a thing
Is do it when you can,
And do it cheerfully, and sing
And work and think and plan.
The only real unhappy one
Is he who dares to shrink;
The only really happy one
Is he who cares to work.

Живая ложь гораздо хуже, чем неживая правда.

It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.