A forced march through all six volumes of his unabridged Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is taking its toll on me, though. I look with longing on other books, knowing that I'm only halfway through even though I've read about 2000 pages. However, I seek to emulate Marcus Aurelius, not Honorius, and so I will persevere.
I think that this weekend I'll take a break and re-read Zhivago. I would have read it in Aruba last week but I realized that the paperback version that I had (which would have been acceptable to take on the beach and subject to the elements) was never returned by my ex-girlfriend several years ago and so I brushed up on my German instead.
I think that this weekend I'll take a break and re-read Zhivago. I would have read it in Aruba last week but I realized that the paperback version that I had (which would have been acceptable to take on the beach and subject to the elements) was never returned by my ex-girlfriend several years ago and so I brushed up on my German instead.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
What are your reading plans for March?
- 01/03/2010 07:28:13 AM
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Still reading Gibbon.
- 01/03/2010 06:28:50 PM
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Finishing Anna Karenina and Doctor Zhivago - if I get both of those done, it'll be good.
- 01/03/2010 08:44:41 PM
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What is this 'Read'?
- 03/03/2010 07:18:16 PM
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I got to read yesterday!
- 12/03/2010 07:29:12 PM
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*NM*