Eclipse

"Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici" [By the force of truth I have conquered the universe.] – Anonymous Latin motto

"In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead." – Zeno of Elea's dichotomy paradox as recounted by Aristotle.

"One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right." – Robert Frost, 'Acquainted with the Night' (1928).

"With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroy'd by thought: Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our powers, and leaves a blank behind." – Charles Churchill…

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