“Alexander kept a special copy of the Iliad, annotated by Aristotle, under his pillow wherever he slept. He regarded it as a portable treasure of all military virtue and knowledge. When he visited the site of Troy, he paid special homage at the tomb of Achilles, saying he was fortunate to have Homer as the herald of his valor.”
- From Plutarch's Life Of Alexander
In 2017, my teacher brought in a former student who was running for Congress. 20-something who was inspired by Bernie etc.
Everyone was asking him softball questions about gay rights, "tax the rich" etc. so I asked him a basic foreign policy question. He couldn't give an answer.
formal apology to my parents for my behavior during the 2008 recession. if someone asked me to buy them a nintendo ds and an annual roblox membership rn i'd actually blow up
Ahsoka being able to block blasts from so many directions in just one small area really just goes to show how incredible of a teacher Anakin Skywalker really was.
She wouldn’t have nearly been as prepared for something like Order 66 without his chaotic training.
I created an OF account and posted a picture of my hairy bum there. I haven’t earned any money from it so far, whereas the top earners make up to 20 million. This gap is inhumane, I’m entitled to 20 million too.
Please take immediate action to ensure that OF pays everyone equally!
💔 A Roland Garros finalist feared she wouldn’t be able to afford her hotel
Maja Chwalińska arrived in Paris not expecting to make a deep run in the tournament. But as she kept winning, an unexpected problem emerged — she was running out of money to cover her stay.
Prize money at Roland Garros is only paid out after the tournament ends, and the Polish player had little savings left.
Now she’s in the final and has already earned more than in her entire career combined.
Some one smarter than me could probably explain what it means that the infinite subspace beneath reality has transitioned over the last century from a library to an empty, decrepit, office
It's amazing to study history and they're like "this guy was a military genius, crushed everybody in his path"
"what did he do?"
"he gave his troops slightly longer spears"