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"Note 1/2:
I read in the general introduction that Cicero, when he just made consul in 63 BC, in the 4 De Lege Agraria speeches (only 3 are extant), managed to successfully persuade the people against a land reform bill (land redistribution) proposed by Publius Servilius Rullus.
So they were already talking about land reform in ancient Rome. Fascinating. I have many jumbled thoughts about land reform - like, what ..." — Apr 13, 2026 06:40AM
"Note 1/2:
I read in the general introduction that Cicero, when he just made consul in 63 BC, in the 4 De Lege Agraria speeches (only 3 are extant), managed to successfully persuade the people against a land reform bill (land redistribution) proposed by Publius Servilius Rullus.
So they were already talking about land reform in ancient Rome. Fascinating. I have many jumbled thoughts about land reform - like, what ..." — Apr 13, 2026 06:40AM
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"Note 1/2:
Some reflections on the so-called 'baronial age' of the House of Morgan: did sovereigns of the day not have public bond markets? Why did they have to go so far as to turn to a private banker - Pierpont? Sovereigns of some shitty 3rd-world country, understandable - but even King Edward VII had a relationship with Morgan? The global hegemony of the time had to get finance from a private bank? What was the ..." — 2 hours, 1 min ago
"Note 1/2:
Some reflections on the so-called 'baronial age' of the House of Morgan: did sovereigns of the day not have public bond markets? Why did they have to go so far as to turn to a private banker - Pierpont? Sovereigns of some shitty 3rd-world country, understandable - but even King Edward VII had a relationship with Morgan? The global hegemony of the time had to get finance from a private bank? What was the ..." — 2 hours, 1 min ago
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“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
“The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
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“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
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