THE PLACE OF THE IDIOT
ὁ ἀναπληρῶν τὸν τόπον τοῦ ἰδιώτου
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods
With listless eyes the dotard views the store--
He views, and wonders that they please no more.
Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines,
And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns.
--
Samuel
Johnson
, The Vanity of Human Wishes
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