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Black Death claimed anywhere between 75 to 200 million lives within four short years as it marched across Europe, Scandinavia, Northern Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
“Be still, my heart; thou hast known worse than this. On that day when the cyclops, unrestrained in fury, devoured the mighty men of my of my company; but still thou didst endure till thy craft found a way for thee forth from out the cave, where thou thoughtest to die.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“In his heart, he always preferred the actuality of loss to the fear of it.”
― Spring Snow
― Spring Snow
“We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind—for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.52”
― The Daily Stoic
― The Daily Stoic
“There's no doubt that he'll be heading straight for tragedy. It will be beautiful, of course, but should he throw his whole life away as a sacrificial offering to such a fleeting beauty—like a bird in flight glimpsed from a window?”
― Spring Snow
― Spring Snow
“Reading is an honor and a gift from a warrior or historian who—a decade or a thousand decades ago—set aside time to write. He distilled a lifetime of campaigning in order to have a “conversation” with you.”
― Call Sign Chaos
― Call Sign Chaos
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