Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than their more gifted
fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,
and to overrule every proposition brought forward, thinking that they
cannot show their wit in more important matters.
Thucydides (Book Three), The History of the Peloponnesian War
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
Showing posts with label rhetoric. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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