Saturday, January 26, 2013

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to January 26. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War · The Melian dialogue, Book V · 416 BCE

In 2014 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

January 26 · Quotationary