Mastodawn

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Ancient Romans loved their dogs. Here's what their heartbreakingly beautiful epitaphs said about them.

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Einige Fotos vom Krautrock Festival in Ludwigshafen in Schwarzweiß auf https://schindelbeck.org

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WIST Quotations Jan 19

A quotation from Walter Raleigh

O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far stretchèd greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with those two narrow words, Hic jacet!

Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618) English statesman, soldier, writer, explorer
The Historie of the World, in Five Bookes, Book 5, ch. 6, sec. 12 (1614)

More about this quote: wist.info/raleigh-walter/81507…

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Erik 🤍🤎🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🎵✅Jan 17

#Epitaph (verse 2) Peter Sinfield (1969)

Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind, I see
Is in the hands of fools

Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏Dec 30

It's a tiny comfort to know the current struggle with housing supply and landlords has happened before. Rebecca Rogers died in Kent, UK in 1688. Of all the things about Rebecca's life that could serve as her epitaph, she (or her family) chose to carve this on the gravestone:

"A house she hath, 'tis made of such good fashion
The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation [repairs]
Nor will her landlord ever raise her rent
Or turn her out of doors for non-payment:
From chimney-tax this cell's forever free –
To such a house, who would not tenant be?"

Rest in power, Rebecca.

(source: https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromha00bombgoog)
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