Wednesday, February 29, 1804

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 29. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

February 29 stays in the book in common years. The lived calendar skips it. This page does not.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War · Pericles’ funeral oration, Book II · 431 BCE

In 1805 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

February 29 · Quotationary