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A quotation from Euripides:

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The wise man preserves a smooth-tempered self-control.
[πρὸς σοφοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἀσκεῖν σώφρον᾽ εὐοργησίαν.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/euripides/62453/

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Holly Marlow · @hollymarlow
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Frazzled after reading some angry posts on social media today. Sometimes it's just not worth getting into it, but it's hard. I am a recovering people-pleaser!

How brilliant is this tune though? Found it on Tiktok by the amazing @hicorook and I'm excited to see that it's going to be released tomorrow! 😍

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Last updated 2 years ago
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the roamer · @the_roamer
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@samuelpepys

What a wonderful passage by our friend Mr . He fears he was too unrestrained with the priest, and his admission of that fear is covered by layer upon layer of and grammatical .

- it comes to my mind ...
- to observe ...
- that I sense ...
- to have been a little ...

... too free. Finally it has come out: "I have been too free."

In the construction "I observe ... that I sense", becomes sentence structure, becomes .

#pepys #hesitation #selfrestraint #introspection #diary #style

Last updated 2 years ago
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Holly Marlow · @hollymarlow
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#elf #sweets #sweettooth #selfrestraint #bekind #kindness #elfdoor #elfontheshelf #funny #funnythingskidsdo #funnyparentingmoments #funnykids

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