Martin Black
@martinxo
all the endless things
Martin Black
@martinxo
all the endless things
I can’t think of any person I hate other than Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
I can think of things I hate. Here are a few off the top of my head:
Bass solos
Drum solos
Cauliflower cheese
Ugly typefaces
Though I could also say I dislike these things.
... Never lose sight of the graph of a human life, which
is not composed, whatever people may say, of a horizontal
and two perpendiculars, but rather of three curving lines,
drawn out to infinity, forever meeting and forever diverg-
ing: what a man has believed himself to be, what he wished
to be, and what he was.
—Marguerite Yourcenar
experience, knowledge, reflection, and skill in dealing with men, combine to give an old man an increasingly accurate insight into the ways of the world; his judgment becomes keen and he attains a coherent view of life: his mental vision embraces a wider range. Constantly finding new uses for his stores of knowledge and adding to them at every
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Horace frequently reflected on aging in his works, addressing its inevitability, challenges, and wisdom. He approached the topic with a blend of resignation, humor, and philosophical acceptance, often influenced by the teachings of Epicureanism and Stoicism. Here are some key insights Horace provides about aging:
1️⃣ Inevitability of
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