'In the midway of this our mortal life,
I found me in a gloomy wood, astray
Gone from the path direct...' ~ The Divine Comedy: Hell, Canto I
March 9, 2011
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"…ne tu fortunarum lubricas ambages et instabiles incursiones et reciprocas vicissitudines ignoras./ Truly are you ignorant concerning the slippery inconstancies, the unstable assaults, and the changing vicissitudes of Fortune."
- Apuleius, Metaporphoses or The Golden Ass