Cette vie (William Drummond)

     Cette vie, qui semble si belle, Est comme une bulle soufflée dans l'air Par des enfants qui jouent Et partout la poursuivent, Chacun cherchant à l'envoyer plus haut. Bien qu'elle semble parfois d'elle-même, Tel un œil d'or, se fixer dans l'espace Et, stable, planer dans le vide, Ce n'est que grâce à sa légèreté ; Mais sa splendeur ne dure pas longtemps, Car, à l'instant où le plus on l'admire, la bulle Qui s'est enflée de rien, se dissout en néant. *** This […]

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A quotation from William Drummond

He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave.

William Drummond of Logie-Almond (1770-1828) Scottish classical scholar, philosopher, diplomat, politician
Academical Questions, Preface (1805)

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he, who cannot, is a #fool;
and he, who dares not, is a #slave.”
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Good morning!

The poem for today is "I know that all beneath the moon decays" by William Drummond of Hawthornden.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50342/i-know-that-all-beneath-the-moon-decays

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I know that all beneath the moon decays,

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He, who will not #reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool, and he, who dares not, is a slave
#WilliamDrummond
He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool & he, who dares not, is a slave
#WilliamDrummond