John Spounias 
That feeling of having spent an entire lifetime in study, only just to know nothing and impact no one. The other Faustian.
auctrix ignota@d3cline Reminds me of a quote from Nietszche’s _Thus Spake Zarathustra_: “One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
@invariant The next line in Faust after this bit is 'thats why I give myself to magic' and it keeps me going most days.
@d3cline You’re being tough on yourself in stating you have no impact. Impact cascades, and as long as you’re interacting with others, you are having impact. Keep on keeping on. This conversation alone shows you are having some somewhere.