Ancient Temperaments

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“An ancient bridge, and a more ancient tower,
A farmhouse that is sheltered by its wall,
An acre of stony ground,
Where the symbolic rose can break in flower,
Old ragged elms, old thorns innumerable....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)