Thus though she speedily became one of the most troublesome askers-why, her desire for information was apt to exhaust itself in putting the question, and she would forget to listen to the answer.
"The Getting of Wisdom"
Henry Handel Richardson
If a spy walks in disguise through the hostile camp, and is asked who he is, the askers are assuredly entitled to inquire after his name, but the disguised man does not give them the right to learn the truth from him; he tells them what he likes, only not the fact.
"The Ego and His Own"
Max Stirner
These and similar questions indicate that the askers were still seeking for themselves,-to wit, themselves in the true sense, in the sense of true living.
"The Ego and His Own"
Max Stirner
