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hobbit709

(41,694 posts) Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:06 PM Dec 2015

Epitaph

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Epitaph (Original Post) hobbit709 Dec 2015 OP

Laurels? Do not foolishly demand them. Xipe Totec Dec 2015 #1

Between the iron gates of fate, hobbit709 Dec 2015 #2

Awesome riposte! Xipe Totec Dec 2015 #3

K&R! How completely awesome! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #4

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

1. Laurels? Do not foolishly demand them.

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:14 PM

Dec 2015

Ascents begins with falls
for overreaching spans and large burdens.
Thus, from the crest of yonder cliff,
The condor of the Andes jumps,
and for a moment plummets.

"To a Prophet"
- Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. Between the iron gates of fate,

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:17 PM

Dec 2015

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