“But when an old man dances,
His locks with age are grey.
But he's a child in mind.”
Anacreon (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
Odes, XXXIX. (XXXVII), 3.
“The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.”
[paraphrasing Nietzsche] p. 11
An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism (1889)
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