Steinbeck, this is actually the key to life

«A tu manera, Señor, no a la mía».

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There are two types of classicists: those who, like Prometheus, love the fire and wish to pass it on; then those who, like Zeus, jealously guard it as their own, to lord it over men. “Look at me! I know the classics!” In this, be Prometheus, my friends, and cover your livers.

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"...πολλά ἐστι τὰ λόγῳ μὲν οὐκ οἷά τε δηλῶσαι, ἔργῳ δέ· ἄλλα δʼ ἐστὶ τὰ λόγῳ μὲν οἷά τε, ἔργον δὲ οὐδὲν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν λαμπρὸν γίνεται" Herodotus, Γ 72

An Ancient Greek vocabulary frequency list, clocking in at 1100 words. About 80% of any given text is made up of these (based on the Perseus database). By Wilfred E. Major from Louisiana State University. promotelatin.org/images/stories…

The syllabus of what was read at a small secondary school in their final two years by teenagers who focused on Classics in 1910. It is now more than is read in any three- or four-year university degree in the world.

As St. Augustine of Hippo taught, there are 3 "goods" of marriage: 1. Procreation- the continuation of the human race & the potential adding to the number of the saints. Procreation within marriage helps develop the domestic Church. Human existence is a good thing. It is good to

Wretched, subhuman take. In five pages of Plato your entire life can be upended, your soul turned toward the Good that lies beyond your grasp but always draws you onward. In five pages of Marx you can become conscious of the movement of history. Read real fucking books.

When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it

Latin Bible Quotes. Next time you want to impress at the parish barbecue, don't you? 😅 📖 Gaar—Skarek—Stadlmann: Initia Litterarum Latinarum, 7. Aufl., Wien 1953.

Liverpool lose a friendly game : No News. Manchester United lose a friendly game : Breaking News. Hated. Adored. Never ignored.

'As long as ten people know a poem, it will live.' George Steiner

Sigmund Freud in a letter to Carl Jung

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity:

If you are a student, remember: The homework is your leisure

A snapshot of the UCT Classics syllabus 100 years ago in 1925. Bradley's Arnold has enjoyed serious staying power...

"The intellectual life is not the only road to God, nor the safest, but we find it to be a road, and it may be the appointed road for us." - C.S. Lewis