Facile the descent to where no birds live;
Night and day the dark gates of the Unchanged;
But to recover the stair and ascend toward the sweet light,
This is the work, this the labor.
- Aeneid 6.124
A very interesting read on the dangers of nationalism. I esp. like his comments on the maniacal hatred of one's own or another's country that form as a result of nationalism. Notes on Nationalism - Essay by George Orwell
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