2003-03-20 16:49

Call It Peace

Tacitus:

Raptores orbis, postquam cuncta vastantibus defuere terrae, mare scrutantur. Si locuples hostis est, avari, si pauper, ambitiosi, quos non Oriens, non Occidens satiaverit. Soli omnium opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt. Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

commonplace

---

Previous post

This Way to the Egress! Some time ago, I saw a documentary about casinos on one of those cable channels that show documentaries about things like casinos. The founder of

Next post

What I’m Reading I Eunoia by Christian Bok. Awkward, enfettered writing: longshots! stunts! Names on the Land by George R. Stewart. First edition hardcover, 1945: $8