Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
I don't believe this for a second:
Today I'm going to soapbox about something utterly inconsequential and only tangentially related to science. Apologies all around. It's the weekend though, so I trust you'll forgive a bit of a deviation from the usual!
Cartago Delenda Est!
Incredible.
Ancient Rome = early 21st century America, I swear.