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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Dealing with Sorrow
Ovid, Tristia 5.7.39-40 (my translation):
I occupy my mind with studies, and I trick my sorrows,
and I try to cheat my cares.
detineo studiis animum falloque dolores,
experior curis et dare verba meis.