tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post5378593111792962895..comments2023-12-15T00:45:21.381-05:00Comments on Unmapped Country: Happy New Year GoalsHope Perlmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-43447285902313440462015-01-08T19:38:29.413-05:002015-01-08T19:38:29.413-05:00Clearly, you have better reference books than I.....Clearly, you have better reference books than I....<br />Thank you!Hope Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-58852718287435965322015-01-08T18:54:24.256-05:002015-01-08T18:54:24.256-05:00Speaking of being pedantic…
Being a big fan of H...Speaking of being pedantic… <br /><br />Being a big fan of Horace, I looked into the quote. It is from his Satires (1:1:106), and continues a bit: - "Est modus in rebus; sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum," which, in my lovely little victorian volume called "Beautiful Thoughts - Latin Authors" is translated as "There is a mean in all things; there are, in short, certain fixed limits, on either side of which what is right cannot exist." In Odes 2:10 he expands on it a bit.<br /><br />On the other hand, I find Wilde credited with both "Everything in moderation, including moderation," and "Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." Good old(e) Wilde.Horace Fawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676932991883111336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-65583022167320684132015-01-03T21:46:31.702-05:002015-01-03T21:46:31.702-05:00Well, you know I decided not to mention that someo...Well, you know I decided not to mention that someone Greek had to have said it earlier....But I shoulda, just to make you proud.Hope Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-31505607975922503082015-01-03T16:00:33.714-05:002015-01-03T16:00:33.714-05:00You know I had to be pedantic. "meden agan,&q...You know I had to be pedantic. "meden agan," "Nothing in excess," was carved on the Treasury of Apollo at Delphi. Presumably Horace's source. Nice post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288625611855692730noreply@blogger.com