THE PLACE OF THE IDIOT
ὁ ἀναπληρῶν τὸν τόπον τοῦ ἰδιώτου
Sunday, May 10, 2026
When you surround yourself with toadies and sycophants
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Some valuing those of their own side, or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind: Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we ...
Friday, May 8, 2026
The Trump type has been known for centuries
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It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. -- Francis Bacon (1561...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Time sanctifies everything, including monarchy
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Kings titles commonly begin by force, Which time wears off and mellows into right. -- John Dryden
Saturday, May 2, 2026
There is safety in solitude
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School of the Vestals, a painting by Hector Leroux, 1880 How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world fo...
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, the American who dismantled the misuse of Romans 13 and made disobedience to ungodly rule the Christian's very duty
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This essay is a wrecking ball in its own right. Before the Revolution, There Was a Revelation ... The man historians call the “morning g...
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