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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Augustine
If man conceals, then God reveals; if man reveals, then God conceals. – St. Augustine
Articles by Saxo
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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Garin
The careless shepherd feeds the wolf! – Garin, The Crane
Britons and Celts
Hygene of a Briton
“Of all the people I have seen the Welsh are the most particular in shaving the lower parts of the body.” […]
Supernatural
Do Not Have Sex With a God
“. In fine, the things of earth would not mate with those of heaven, being sundered by a great original gulf through a difference in nature; inasmuch as mortal man was infinitely far from the glory of the divine majesty.” […]
Humor
The Cow’s Avenger
“‘What will make him hate me?’ The sage replied, ‘If you are wise, you will know that a man does not do evil for no reason.'” […]
Britons and Celts
Death and then Dishonor
“All marvelled that this great king, who had conquered so much, and won so many cities, and so many castles, could not call so much land his own as his body might lie within after death.” […]
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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Ovid
We envy what is best, storm-winds blow through the sky, And Jove his thunder-bolts will aim at what stands high. – Ovid, 1st Century AD
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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Jordanes
What just cause can be found for the encounter of so many nations, or what hatred inspired them all to take arms against each other? It is proof that the human race lives for its […]
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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Ferdowsi
In the end a man owns only the earth in which he lies; five cubits of ground are all we inherit, linen covers us, and we lie in the grave. – The Shahnameh, Abolqasem Ferdowsi
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Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Ferdowsi
The world will not keep faith with you, nor will she show you her true face. – The Shahnameh, Abolqasem Ferdowsi