Dante, Inferno; Canto I.

some more self-expression, then; the following is true for all who strive, yet somehow epitomises the essence of humanity - inevitable disillusion.

O spirit courteous of Mantua,
Of whom the fame still in the world endures,
And shall endure, long-lasting as the world;
A friend of mine, and not the friend of fortune,
Upon the desert slope is so impeded
Upon his way, that he has turned through terror,
And may, I fear, already be so lost,
That I too late have risen to his succour,
From that which I have heard of him in Heaven.
- Inferno, Canto II

[edit] comment on quest for fame; oft decends to satisfaction with infamy or notoriety.

enlightenment somewhat in proportion to surrounding hubris and banality.
abjure, false and deceitful wives of coy.

Ah me! how different are these entrances
From the Infernal! for with anthems here
One enters, and below with wild laments.
We now were hunting up the sacred stairs,
And it appeared to me by far more easy
Than on the plain it had appeared before.
Whence I: "My Master, say, what heavy thing
Has been uplifted from me, so that hardly
Aught of fatigue is felt by me in walking?"
He answered: "When the P's which have remained
Still on thy face almost obliterate
Shall wholly, as the first is, be erased,
Thy feet will be so vanquished by good will,
That not alone they shall not feel fatigue,
But urging up will be to them delight."
- Purgatorio, Canto XII.

[edit]comment: the realisation and renouncing of pride.

been delving into various Asian texts to resurrect linguistics. Of note, revisiting in unabridged text format:
Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms and
Jing Yong's various novels...

quote:

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Originally posted by Unter den Uebrigen:
"Thee it behoves to take another road"
Dante, Inferno; Canto I.

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Had some fantastic jousts this week, man...
(Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French juster to unite, joust, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin juxtare, from Latin juxta near; akin to Latin jungere to join).
Good luck with your jaunt, too...

Sorry I missed some of you(pl.), but see you(pl.)around...

"l8s, m8s"

Originally posted by Dante:
Had some fantastic jousts this week, man...

Like the “good old days.”  And it sounds like we'll be peregrinating in a similar six week cadence.

Here's to another nexus.