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A quotation from Montaigne

Philosophy does not do battle against such pleasures as are natural, provided that temperance accompanies them; she teaches moderation in such things not avoidance.
 
[La philosophie n’estrive point contre les voluptez naturelles, pourveu que la mesure y soit joincte : & en presche la moderation, non la fuitte.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (1586), “On some Lines of Virgil [Sur des vers de Virgile], Essays, Book 3, ch. 5 (3.5) (1595) [tr. Screech (1987)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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@jwz

... I have a VCR in the basement. It might even be hooked up to a TV. I'll just find the nearest ice floe to board, shall I?

I wish I lived somewhere with real nightlife. Death metal's not really my thing - hair metal, 70s guitar rock absolutely - but Hubba and various other things that go through the DNA feed look like a lot of fun. I live in a government town in a backwater province that never really recovered from prohibition.

You could put on a show like Hubba here, but you couldn't get a liquor license for it. "Nudity? And alcohol? Oh no, that would never do!". True story: the liquor inspectors closed down a public exhibition of jazzercise [1] at the local fair because it could be seen from the beer gardens, and "ladies in tights" was considered close enough to nudity to be a violation...

[1] Yes, this was way back when. The regulations are still just as strict.

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The Wild Hunt News

It is at moments like these that we need to remember the image of Temperance and what it stands for, internally and externally. Are we willing to look inside ourselves to seek where we need change or where we need to hold fast to our ideals, beliefs, and foundational purpose?

wildhunt.org/2025/05/opinion-w

The Wild Hunt · Opinion: When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still aroundBy Clio Ajana
#temperance#politics#witchcraft
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