The Cat and the King – D. Duffy

“FOR SOME MEN NOTHING IS WRITTEN UNLESS THEY WRITE IT.” This interesting line was once used in reference to the late T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).

It is a damn tempting precept to take up and I have often been a disciple when I have creatively jay-walked contrary to traffic regulations and infringed on other municipal by-laws at random – but I value the rule of law none the less.

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Thermopylae

Tell them in Lacedaimon, passer-byThat here, obedient to their word, we lie, Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδεκείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. Simonides of Ceos (556 B.C. – 468 B.C.)Translated into English by F L Lucas as an English heroic coupletSparta was known as Lacedaimon In 480 B.C. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas held off […]

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