Original artwork, not a still
Time Enough for Love ‧ 1973
Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This line warns that fighting pointless, self-created battles causes more damage to the person fighting than to whatever imagined obstacle they're attacking. It reframes the classic image of tilting at windmills as a caution against wasted effort and self-inflicted harm from misdirected struggle.
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