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"Beware the Ides of March"

Although the Chinese philosopher Li Yuang said that "When little men cast long shadows, then surely the Sun is about to set". But the well-known and chilling phrase "Beware the Ides of March" is of course found in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar:

Caesar:
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turn'd to hear.

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Making A Deal With The Devil

Well, you’ve had a glimpse of heaven and it’s opened your mind,

Now let’s get back to earth where the deaf lead the blind.

 

On our ancient shores there’s much confusion

With human detritus in much profusion,

Migrants, floods and industrial pollution

In our virgin rivers, lakes and oceans.

 

With social unrest and wild forest fires,

There’s cyber warfare and chemical wea...

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