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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The State of Humanity Today
Juvenal 15.70-71 (tr. Susanna Morton Braund):
Nowadays the earth produces humans who are nasty and puny,
so any god that takes a look is filled with laughter and loathing.
terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos;
ergo deus, quicumque aspexit, ridet et odit.