"The only things that we truly own are our own character and our decisions."
- Epictetus
Antennae for droplets of received wisdom
"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a famous sonnet about the transience of power, telling the story of a traveler
who describes a ruined state of a once-mighty king (Ramesses II) in the desert, whose inscription boasts of his greatness,
but whose works have long since vanished, leaving only sand and decay...