12-19-2016, 11:55 AM
(12-19-2016, 10:32 AM)RisingSon Wrote: Insightful post by Shannon.
"Man reaches the maturity of his reasoning and mental faculties scarcely before he is eight-and-twenty" - Schopenhauer
I'm super glad I started the AM series in my early twenties. It might have been right at age twenty, actually. I take the position that society is degrading due to this coddling and actually regressing because of it! Bring on the hardship!
>>Insert bigass picture here.<<<
Isn't that why basically empires fell throughout history? Simplistic and historiographically outrageous view, I know, but there is unmistakable trend throughout human history. Reminds me so much of "Survivor's Guilt" by Rise Against:
Quote:"What are you talking about? America's not gonna be destroyed."
"Never? Rome was destroyed. Greece was Destroyed. Persia was destroyed. Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?"
...
"You shameful opportunist. What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet then to live on your knees"
"You have it backwards. Its better to live on your feet then to die on your knees"
It's better to live on your feet then to die on your knees.
For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.
~Belisarius, the last Roman
Certitude is for the puzzle-box logicians and girls of white glamour [...]. I am a letter written in uncertainty.
~36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 4
~Belisarius, the last Roman
Certitude is for the puzzle-box logicians and girls of white glamour [...]. I am a letter written in uncertainty.
~36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 4