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"Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy."

"Such as is the ray of light which falls on the water, such are the appearances. When the water is moved, the ray also seems to be moved, yet it is not moved. And when then a man is seized with giddiness, it is not the arts and the virtues which are confounded, but the spirit on which they are impressed; but if the spirit be restored to its settled state, those things also are restored."

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference, or, if that's too much bother, loan me your copy of The Discourses of Epictetus and I'll just crib from there.

“As a rule, I cannot drink enough to translate Augustine with the confidence other ancient authors afford.”―Sarah Ruden