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The Styx \ Acheron - 1887 - Felix Resurrección Hidalgo
God said to Nietzsche:
That'll Tietzsche,
You irritating little Krietzsche.

—Anonymous grafitto
Young Christian Martyr - 1853 - Paul Delaroche
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall lose his life for my sake shall save it.
Luke 9:24
Renaissance - 1852 - Paul Delaroche
Art thou not the man that was once nourished and taught in my school? Then how comes it that thou art thus grievously oppressed with these worldly sorrows? Unless, methinks, thou hast too soon forgotten the weapons that once I gave thee.
—Bœthius, The Consolation of Philosophy
The Wheel of Fortune - 1863 - Edward Burne-Jones
O Fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.

Carmina Burana
Circe and the Companions of Ulysses - 1871 - Briton Rivière
The exotic, sexually promiscuous otherness of the femme fatale threatens to destabilize the established cultural order. Rejection of motherhood is one of her most threatening qualities since denying his immortality and his posterity it leads to the ultimate destruction of the male.
Souls on the Banks of the Acheron - 1898 - Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant
Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna is carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence - 1851 - Frederic Leighton
Robota - 2003 - Doug Chiang & Orson Scott Card
The last Dryad - Julien Gabriel Duay
The Danaïdes - 1903 - John William Waterhouse
Water through a sieve.
Some expect to leave a mark on the world. Change things along their path. Heroes who are not discouraged by the thought of tackling impossible undertakings. Those who step forward when everyone steps back. The reckless that take the low odds with joy.
But most are not like this. They might had been when they were kids or teenagers. But somewhere down the road they eventually settled down. They started getting comfortable with the repetitive and pointless. They got used to not thinking beyond their level of responsibility. And so they became a mere cog in the system.
Water through a sieve.
Melencolia - 1514 - Albrecht Dürer
Lift up your hearts to Him when ye raise your hands, and pray for what is right and needful for you, for He will not deny you.
—Saint Boëthius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Choosing - 1864 - George Frederic Watts
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
花 — FLOWER💐
The Virgin and Child \ The Madonna of the Book - 1480 - Botticelli
We become the books we read