[redgolum]

I am a student of history.

No civilization has ever pulled itself back from decline after decadence. Rome, Greece, Persia, you name it.

All fall once things get to far down the slope.

That doesn’t me we stop trying. It does mean that you recognize that fall is here, and winter will be coming.

[lightman]

All fall once things get to far down the slope.

That doesn’t me we stop trying. It does mean that you recognize that fall is here, and winter will be coming.

Aye.

Those who are wise will heed Aesop's fable of the ant--
--and Jesus's parable of the fig tree.