The wisdom of the ages, some would contend, is lost on the young. Looking back on my own youthful follies, I’m inclined to agree. But if my thoughts and actions at the age of twenty sometimes lacked the component of wisdom, that lack cannot be blamed on my formal education. On the contrary, I was a student of English literature. I had read my Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton. And as it happened, on many a morning I was reminded of ancient wisdom in general and the brevity of life in particular. (more…)
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180. Ut hora sic vita
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One Time, One Meeting 