Thursday, December 10, 2009

from Pindar of Thebes, 526--c. 446 B.C.

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17.
Mistress of high achievement, O lady Truth,
do not let my understanding stumble
across some jagged falsehood.
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I like this because it covers actions as well as words: be thou ready for upended concrete as well as twisted abstractions--

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