*Muoiono le citta, muoiono i regni,
E l’uom d’esser mortal par che si sdegni.
Yet this little body of thought, that lies before me in the shape of a book, has existed thousands of years, nor since the invention of the press can anything short of an universal convulsion of nature abolish it."
- Leigh Hunt, My Books
* So cities fall, so perish kingdoms high,
Then why should mortal men repine to die?