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| We learn from history that we do not learn from history. ( georg wilhelm friedrich hegel ) |
| now that the steel is dark with age, defeat has the same dignity as victory; the running sand that measured their distant shadows turns them gold with the same glory. it purifies them of noisy and coarse euphoria and turns the boastful bow into a broken thing. drop by drop time goes on burying our history. troy is because it was. the ancient fire the greek set with his desecrating hand is now its honor and its granite wall. the hexameter lasts longer than the loud clash of death-dealing metal against metal and the elegy outlasts the battle. ( jorge luis borges ) |
