Death's brother, Sleep.
Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), Aeneid
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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
When the US still had "mandatory" conscription for males it was still possible to claim exemption on the basis of a conscientious objection to war. While this usually required a religious basis and was almost impossible for doctors because of a supposed non-combattant role, we were still given full…
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Theophrastus (372 BC - 287 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Today's offering is a departure from the usual floral genitalia.
I found this specimen at Marquand Park in Princeton. This park sports a variety of ornamental trees. I believe this is a leaf of Fagus sylvatica, the European beech, likely the atropunicea variety, the same species as the "copper…
That must be where Hans Christian Andersen got the idea. http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/OleLukoie_e.html
Actually, that goes back at least as far as Hesiod's Theogony (8th cent. BCE); Vergil got a lot from him.