Praying
When you say prayers, say: Father, may your kingdom be ours. Give us bread for today. Overlook our indebtedness to others, as we overlook theirs to us. Give us the strength to resist temptations. –Guy…
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Today’s One-Liner (#34)
Extinguish pride as quickly as you would a fire. –Herakleitos, in Guy Davenport, Herakleitos and Diogenes
Sages of the One-Liners
Guy Davenport, Herakleitos and Diogenes Grey Fox Press, 1981 Scholar and translator Davenport retrieves from the ancient Greek world two thinkers who have the knack for concision. The following is a small culling that may…