The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)

by Lemony Snicket

“there is no worse sound in the world than somebody who cannot play the violin who insists on doing so anyway.”

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.