A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.
泥菩萨过江,自身难保。
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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.