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You have lived in luxury upon the earth, with licentious indulgence; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just one, who stands not against you.
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
You have lived in luxury upon the earth, with licentious indulgence; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just one, who stands not against you.
For the gods are not heedless of those who have killed many, and the black Furies in good time enfeeble the man who has been lucky in escaping justice, destroying his life as they reverse his fortune; and when he enters the house of the unseen, he has no protection.
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
For the gods are not heedless of those who have killed many, and the black Furies in good time enfeeble the man who has been lucky in escaping justice, destroying his life as they reverse his fortune; and when he enters the house of the unseen, he has no protection.
Grievous is the citizens’ speech filled with rancour, as it has the power of a curse ordained by the people.
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
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βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
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January 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Grievous is the citizens’ speech filled with rancour, as it has the power of a curse ordained by the people.
βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
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βαρεῖα δ᾿ ἀστῶν φάτις σὺν κότῳ,
δημοκράντου δ᾿ ἀρᾶς τίνει χρέος
(Aesch. Ag. 456f)
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How long will you choose injustice and side with knaves?
Grant justice to the orphan and mendicant, do right by the humble and poor;
Set free the impoverished beggar and deliver him from the clutches of the wicked.
Grant justice to the orphan and mendicant, do right by the humble and poor;
Set free the impoverished beggar and deliver him from the clutches of the wicked.
January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
How long will you choose injustice and side with knaves?
Grant justice to the orphan and mendicant, do right by the humble and poor;
Set free the impoverished beggar and deliver him from the clutches of the wicked.
Grant justice to the orphan and mendicant, do right by the humble and poor;
Set free the impoverished beggar and deliver him from the clutches of the wicked.
A propitious dawn rises: cherish it on your tongue and in your heart! Now we ought to say good things on this good day.
prospera lux oritur: linguis animisque favete!
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die.
(Ov. Fast. 1.71f)
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prospera lux oritur: linguis animisque favete!
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die.
(Ov. Fast. 1.71f)
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January 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A propitious dawn rises: cherish it on your tongue and in your heart! Now we ought to say good things on this good day.
prospera lux oritur: linguis animisque favete!
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die.
(Ov. Fast. 1.71f)
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prospera lux oritur: linguis animisque favete!
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die.
(Ov. Fast. 1.71f)
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And they will beat their swords into ploughs and their spears into scyths, and nation will not raise the sword against nation, and never will they even learn how to make war.
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And they will beat their swords into ploughs and their spears into scyths, and nation will not raise the sword against nation, and never will they even learn how to make war.
And so, said Scipio, a commonwealth is a thing of the people. Not every gathering of men, however, composed in any old way, is a “people,” but a large assembly, united in a shared agreement on justice and a fellowship for the common good.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And so, said Scipio, a commonwealth is a thing of the people. Not every gathering of men, however, composed in any old way, is a “people,” but a large assembly, united in a shared agreement on justice and a fellowship for the common good.
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“Hope is the only good god among mortal men,
as the rest have forsaken us for Olympus.”
Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν,
ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπον ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.
(Thgn. 1135f)
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as the rest have forsaken us for Olympus.”
Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν,
ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπον ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.
(Thgn. 1135f)
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December 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Hope is the only good god among mortal men,
as the rest have forsaken us for Olympus.”
Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν,
ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπον ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.
(Thgn. 1135f)
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as the rest have forsaken us for Olympus.”
Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν,
ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπον ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.
(Thgn. 1135f)
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In fashioning evil acts against another, a man fashions evils for himself: an evil design is evilest for the designer.
οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη
(Hes. Op. 265f)
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οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη
(Hes. Op. 265f)
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December 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In fashioning evil acts against another, a man fashions evils for himself: an evil design is evilest for the designer.
οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη
(Hes. Op. 265f)
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οἷ τ’ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
ἡ δὲ κακὴ βουλὴ τῷ βουλεύσαντι κακίστη
(Hes. Op. 265f)
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Io: “By whose hand will he be stripped of his despotic scepter?”
Prometheus: “By his own hand, thanks to his mindless contrivances.”
ΙΩ
πρὸς τοῦ τύραννα σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται;
ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ κενοφρόνων βουλευμάτων.
(Aesch. PV 761f)
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Prometheus: “By his own hand, thanks to his mindless contrivances.”
ΙΩ
πρὸς τοῦ τύραννα σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται;
ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ κενοφρόνων βουλευμάτων.
(Aesch. PV 761f)
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December 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Io: “By whose hand will he be stripped of his despotic scepter?”
Prometheus: “By his own hand, thanks to his mindless contrivances.”
ΙΩ
πρὸς τοῦ τύραννα σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται;
ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ κενοφρόνων βουλευμάτων.
(Aesch. PV 761f)
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Prometheus: “By his own hand, thanks to his mindless contrivances.”
ΙΩ
πρὸς τοῦ τύραννα σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται;
ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ
πρὸς αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ κενοφρόνων βουλευμάτων.
(Aesch. PV 761f)
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The god of Oaths runs straightaway alongside crooked judgements,
and a roar comes from Justice, dragged wherever men lead her,
bribe-eaters, as they decide the law with crooked judgements.
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and a roar comes from Justice, dragged wherever men lead her,
bribe-eaters, as they decide the law with crooked judgements.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The god of Oaths runs straightaway alongside crooked judgements,
and a roar comes from Justice, dragged wherever men lead her,
bribe-eaters, as they decide the law with crooked judgements.
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and a roar comes from Justice, dragged wherever men lead her,
bribe-eaters, as they decide the law with crooked judgements.
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33 And if a foreigner comes to dwell among you in your land, do not oppress him: 34 the foreigner who has come to you shall be as one who has been born from your land among you, and you shall love him as yourself, since you were foreigners in Egypt
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33 ᾿Εὰν δέ τις προσέλθῃ ὑμῖν προσήλυτος ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν, οὐ θλίψετε αὐτόν· 34 ὡς ὁ αὐτόχθων ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ προσπορευόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις αὐτὸν ὡς σεαυτόν, ὅτι προσήλυτοι ἐγενήθητε ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν. (LXX Lev. 19:33-34)
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
33 And if a foreigner comes to dwell among you in your land, do not oppress him: 34 the foreigner who has come to you shall be as one who has been born from your land among you, and you shall love him as yourself, since you were foreigners in Egypt
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That is, I suppose, a particular sickness of despotism, not trusting one's friends.
ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι
νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι.
(Aesch. PV 224f)
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ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι
νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι.
(Aesch. PV 224f)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
That is, I suppose, a particular sickness of despotism, not trusting one's friends.
ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι
νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι.
(Aesch. PV 224f)
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ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι
νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι.
(Aesch. PV 224f)
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He [i.e. Brutus] was the first in this country to show that no one is a private citizen when it comes to defending the liberty of citizens.
primusque in hac civitate docuit in conservanda civium libertate esse privatum neminem.
(Cic. Rep. 2.46.2)
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primusque in hac civitate docuit in conservanda civium libertate esse privatum neminem.
(Cic. Rep. 2.46.2)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
He [i.e. Brutus] was the first in this country to show that no one is a private citizen when it comes to defending the liberty of citizens.
primusque in hac civitate docuit in conservanda civium libertate esse privatum neminem.
(Cic. Rep. 2.46.2)
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primusque in hac civitate docuit in conservanda civium libertate esse privatum neminem.
(Cic. Rep. 2.46.2)
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Whenever you stretch out your hands to me, I shall turn my eyes from you; even if you offer prayer after prayer, I shall not listen: for your hands are full of blood.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Whenever you stretch out your hands to me, I shall turn my eyes from you; even if you offer prayer after prayer, I shall not listen: for your hands are full of blood.
We have lost, my dear Pomponius, not only the spirit and life-blood, but the very appearance and form of our old constitution. There is no republic to bring joy and alleviate my anxieties.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We have lost, my dear Pomponius, not only the spirit and life-blood, but the very appearance and form of our old constitution. There is no republic to bring joy and alleviate my anxieties.
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Often, when one god weighs you down, another god brings relief.
saepe premente deo fert deus alter opem.
(Ov. Tr. 2.4)
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saepe premente deo fert deus alter opem.
(Ov. Tr. 2.4)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Often, when one god weighs you down, another god brings relief.
saepe premente deo fert deus alter opem.
(Ov. Tr. 2.4)
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saepe premente deo fert deus alter opem.
(Ov. Tr. 2.4)
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What act of political courage have these people ever performed and who expects anything laudable from them?
quod enim umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit? aut quis ab iis ullam rem laude dignam desiderat?
(Cic. Att. 164=8.14; trans. Shackleton Bailey)
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quod enim umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit? aut quis ab iis ullam rem laude dignam desiderat?
(Cic. Att. 164=8.14; trans. Shackleton Bailey)
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
What act of political courage have these people ever performed and who expects anything laudable from them?
quod enim umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit? aut quis ab iis ullam rem laude dignam desiderat?
(Cic. Att. 164=8.14; trans. Shackleton Bailey)
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quod enim umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit? aut quis ab iis ullam rem laude dignam desiderat?
(Cic. Att. 164=8.14; trans. Shackleton Bailey)
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Those who give straight judgements to foreigners and their own people,
who do not deviate at all from what is right,
their city flourishes and the people there flower;
οἳ δὲ δίκας ξείνοισι καὶ ἐνδήμοισι διδοῦσιν
ἰθείας καὶ μή τι παρεκβαίνουσι δικαίου,
τοῖσι τέθηλε πόλις, λαοὶ δ᾽ ἀνθέουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ·
who do not deviate at all from what is right,
their city flourishes and the people there flower;
οἳ δὲ δίκας ξείνοισι καὶ ἐνδήμοισι διδοῦσιν
ἰθείας καὶ μή τι παρεκβαίνουσι δικαίου,
τοῖσι τέθηλε πόλις, λαοὶ δ᾽ ἀνθέουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ·
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Those who give straight judgements to foreigners and their own people,
who do not deviate at all from what is right,
their city flourishes and the people there flower;
οἳ δὲ δίκας ξείνοισι καὶ ἐνδήμοισι διδοῦσιν
ἰθείας καὶ μή τι παρεκβαίνουσι δικαίου,
τοῖσι τέθηλε πόλις, λαοὶ δ᾽ ἀνθέουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ·
who do not deviate at all from what is right,
their city flourishes and the people there flower;
οἳ δὲ δίκας ξείνοισι καὶ ἐνδήμοισι διδοῦσιν
ἰθείας καὶ μή τι παρεκβαίνουσι δικαίου,
τοῖσι τέθηλε πόλις, λαοὶ δ᾽ ἀνθέουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ·
Not without distress can I consider how our great failures and faults have brought us hither.
id quantis nostris peccatis vitiisquevenerit non possum sine molestia cogitare.
(Cic. Att.163/VIII.13)
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id quantis nostris peccatis vitiisque
(Cic. Att.163/VIII.13)
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November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Not without distress can I consider how our great failures and faults have brought us hither.
id quantis nostris peccatis vitiisquevenerit non possum sine molestia cogitare.
(Cic. Att.163/VIII.13)
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id quantis nostris peccatis vitiisque
(Cic. Att.163/VIII.13)
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Solidarity Forever (Babrius 47)
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November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
For where your treasure is, there also shall be your heart.
ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία σου.
(Matt. 6:21)
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ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία σου.
(Matt. 6:21)
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November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For where your treasure is, there also shall be your heart.
ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία σου.
(Matt. 6:21)
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ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία σου.
(Matt. 6:21)
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Do you think that crimes spring up to the gods on wings, and then someone writes them down in Zeus’ notebook, and then Zeus looks into it and brings justice to men?
δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾿ εἰς θεοὺς
πτεροῖσι, κἄπειτ᾿ ἐν Διὸς δέλτου πτυχαῖς
γράφειν τιν᾿ αὐτά, Ζῆνα δ᾿ εἰσορῶντά νιν
θνητοῖς δικάζειν;
δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾿ εἰς θεοὺς
πτεροῖσι, κἄπειτ᾿ ἐν Διὸς δέλτου πτυχαῖς
γράφειν τιν᾿ αὐτά, Ζῆνα δ᾿ εἰσορῶντά νιν
θνητοῖς δικάζειν;
November 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Do you think that crimes spring up to the gods on wings, and then someone writes them down in Zeus’ notebook, and then Zeus looks into it and brings justice to men?
δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾿ εἰς θεοὺς
πτεροῖσι, κἄπειτ᾿ ἐν Διὸς δέλτου πτυχαῖς
γράφειν τιν᾿ αὐτά, Ζῆνα δ᾿ εἰσορῶντά νιν
θνητοῖς δικάζειν;
δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾿ εἰς θεοὺς
πτεροῖσι, κἄπειτ᾿ ἐν Διὸς δέλτου πτυχαῖς
γράφειν τιν᾿ αὐτά, Ζῆνα δ᾿ εἰσορῶντά νιν
θνητοῖς δικάζειν;
Thus, since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I intend to vomit you from my mouth.
οὕτως, ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ καὶ οὔτε ζεστὸς οὔτε ψυχρός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου.
(Rev. 3.16)
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No one likes a centrist, we suppose.
οὕτως, ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ καὶ οὔτε ζεστὸς οὔτε ψυχρός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου.
(Rev. 3.16)
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No one likes a centrist, we suppose.
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thus, since you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I intend to vomit you from my mouth.
οὕτως, ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ καὶ οὔτε ζεστὸς οὔτε ψυχρός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου.
(Rev. 3.16)
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No one likes a centrist, we suppose.
οὕτως, ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ καὶ οὔτε ζεστὸς οὔτε ψυχρός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου.
(Rev. 3.16)
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No one likes a centrist, we suppose.
"Φιλαδελφία μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν ἀνθρώποις..."
It's the cheesesteaks.
It's the cheesesteaks.
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Φιλαδελφία μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν ἀνθρώποις..."
It's the cheesesteaks.
It's the cheesesteaks.