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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Sayings of Publilius Syrus 146


Avoid cupidity, and you conquer a kingdom. 

IMAGE: Evelyn De Morgan, Blindness and Cupidity Chasing Joy from the City (1897) 

Hunted Joy flies through the gate.
Blind Blindness is left desolate.
Cupidity the city's fate. 
With hungry hounds insatiate,
Stays fettered to a sightless mate. 



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