Thu 12 Jun 2014
Sacred and profane
Posted by PJ under food, quote of the day, tradition
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Random quote of the day:
“Everything is of one substance. It is custom, not reason, that sets the temple apart from the house, mutton from human flesh for the table, bread from vegetable, vegetable from meat.”
—Diogenes of Sinope, in 7 Greeks: Translations by Guy Davenport
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