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Sunrise from the top of Lycabettus Hill this morning, across to the Acropolis and Aegean Sea beyond.

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck play cards in between takes on the set of 'Roman Holiday' (1953).

Narcissism is the result of an adult who is still developmentally a hurt—shameful child.

Marcus Aurelius

“When a cleric finally appeared outside the hospital room door hours before he died, the poet protested but soon gave in when he realised that the priest was accompanied by the Patriarch of Alexandria.”

The Blues are mourning the loss of electrifying goalkicker Peter Bosustow, who died on Sunday at the age of 67 after a battle with cancer. READ MORE 👉 bit.ly/446LIFA

"That his passing should follow Sunday’s meritorious victory over Geelong would not be lost on Carlton supporters with long memories, for it was against the Cats that he completed that extraordinary Mark of the Year/Goal of the Year double in his maiden season." - Tony De Bolfo

Magpie fans are not supposed to like Carlton. But Bosustow was something else - a brilliant, mercurial player, with a big personality and the ability to win the game off his own boot. The corporatisation of sport has squeezed out this sort of spirit. RIP “The Buzz”.

Not for long greekreporter.com/2024/05/30/day…

New York - London - Paris - Northcote Sad to be leaving Oz after a wonderful visit. 🇦🇺

A lot of practical wisdom consists in knowing how to prioritise among issues of genuine concern and not to focus on the relatively insignificant at the expense of far weightier matters.

An important source of humility for academics is the realisation that much that preoccupies them is, in the grand scheme of things, quite trivial.

#Melbourne on an Autumn Night ❤️

No modern poet is more relevant. And all the more so because he was the product of a once glorious culture in decline.

“Well, is it not obvious that this father would never have spent his money on having his children taught all those things, and then have omitted to teach them at no expense the others that would have made them good men, if virtue was to be taught?” Socrates in Plato’s “Meno”

YouGov has some interesting new survey results of what the UK population makes of AI chatbots: yougov.co.uk/technology/art…

“so faithful to the spirit of democracy.. even Miltiates and Aristides… had houses no better than their neighbours’. For they did not use the state to enrich themselves; everyone one of them believed his duty was to increase the wealth that belonged to all.” Demosthenes

"Teach them to think. Work against the government" - Wittgenstein

“When I play with my cat who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?” - Montaigne But can a robot play?