"Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo: impetus hic sacrae semina mentis habet."
— Ovid

January 1, 1970

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There is a god within us. It is when he stirs us that our bosom warms ; it is his impulse that sows the seeds of inspiration. — VI, lines 5-6; translation by Sir James George Frazer