Friday, August 17, 1951

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 17. 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 1952 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

August 17 · Quotationary