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Tim McCormick
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"Consent for a while/To mix a little pleasure in with your prudence/It's right to be foolish when the time is right" ["dum licet, ignium misce stultitiam consiliis brevem; dulce est desipere in loco"] [“'tis sweet to be unwise in season.” Conington] — #Horace, Odes IV:12 trans David Ferry. #booksky

Tim McCormick
@tmccormick.org

"And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!" — #Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (1883–1885), Part III, Ch "Von alten und neuen Tafeln" ("On Old and New Law Tablets"). Hollingdale trans

Tim McCormick
@tmccormick.org

"We should count as lost every day on which we did not *swim*" is my usual restating of the #Nietzsche aphorism. Much preferably in natural water — as I did here the other week, especially delightfully, in the Columbia River at #MemalooseStatePark a bit E. of #HoodRiver, #ColumbiaGorge #Memaloose

Tim McCormick@tmccormick.org

"And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!" — #Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (1883–1885), Part III, Ch "Von alten und neuen Tafeln" ("On Old and New Law Tablets"). Hollingdale trans

Tim McCormick
@tmccormick.org

"“I will cut adrift—I will go to…France—I will sit on pavements & drink coffee—I will see the Southern hills; I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage & let it swim…”. I say all this; with energy: but shall I do it?" — #VirginiaWoolf diary 1930 via @joiedevivre9.bsky.social header img🙏

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