THE BLOG OF DISQUIET :Qweir Notionsin the Armpit of DiogenesbyDINGO the DISSIDENT binge-thinkersinceFebruary 2008. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Monday, 19 November 2012
" Et miraris
quod paucis placeo cui cum paucis convenit,
cui omnia
fere aliter videntur ac vulgo,
a quo semper quod longissime abest id
penitus rectum iter censeo."
(Petrarch, Epistolæ de Rebus Familiaribus, Book XIX, Letter 7.)
And you wonder that few men like me, even though I only get on with a few men — I who see almost everything differently from almost everyone, and who always consider the right approach to be the one that is as detached as possible from the crowd.
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translation:
And you wonder that few men like me, even though I only get on with a few men — I who see almost everything differently from almost everyone, and who always consider the right approach to be the one that is as detached as possible from the crowd.
Is Petrarch re-blogging You ?
I think Petrarch has hacked into my blog, stolen my Identity...
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