Wednesday, August 21, 1957

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 21. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

To philosophize is to learn how to die.
Michel de MontaigneEssays · That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die · 1580

In 1958 this day opens on Homer.

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

August 21 · Quotationary