BENEATH HIS FEET

 

“Semper bonus homo tiro est.”

“An honest man is always a child.”

 

~ Socrates ~

 

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OTHER WORLDS

 

“There are times when we stop, we sit still.

We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.”

 

~ James Carroll ~

 

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THE SILENCE OF THE STONES

 

“It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry,

whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.” 

 

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

 

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RENDER UNTO CAESAR

 

“A lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep.”

 

~ George R.R. Martin ~

 

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A TIME THAT’S NEVER BEEN

 

“Fare thee well! and if for ever,

still for ever, fare thee well.”

 

~ Lord Byron ~

 

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POPPY CROTCH

 

“How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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SOFT FEATHERED LIES

 

“Truthful words are not beautiful;

beautiful words are not truthful.”

“Les paroles sincères ne sont pas élégantes;

les paroles élégantes ne sont pas sincères.”

 

~ Lao Tzu ~

 

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IGNIS FATUUS

 

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

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THE GOLDEN SHAFT

 

“He who climbs upon the highest mountains

laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”

 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~

 

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PRIVATE HELL

 

“Aequat omnes cinis.”

 

~ Seneca ~

 

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