Sunday, July 29, 1798

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to July 29. 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 1799 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

July 29 · Quotationary