A quote from Plato: "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
A great quote
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Sometimes you'll see painted on cattle guards on rural highways that function as psychological barriers preventing cattle from passing. Although they could easily cross, they turn around and go back.
Men sometimes encounter psychological barriers too, and think they can go no farther.
Men sometimes encounter psychological barriers too, and think they can go no farther.
I wake up before my Wife. I have never needed an alarm clock. It's dark when I get up winter or summer. "IF" she has to get up early and it's still dark it freaks her out to this day that I'm in my chair drinking coffee in the dark no lights. She has begged me to stop doing that when I retire (FRI 29MAY26)....but I don't think I will be able to. I'm just more comfortable in the dark. Sometimes I will sit out on the deck and watch the sun come up if I have time, and listen to the deer, fox and other critters wander through before the sun and the birds wake up the woods.
I'm not afraid of the light....the dark is just more relaxing and I think better in it.
I'm not afraid of the light....the dark is just more relaxing and I think better in it.
Different light, but yes, I like early morning even before sunrise. Our porch is on the west side, so I watch the sunset.
Retirement is great. Congratulations to you for the milestone soon to be.
OP
I don't believe that the 'light' that was mentioned in the quote is "light' as in the sun is shining 'light' but rather actually seeing what is there and not understanding it
xTopGun
Buckeye
much of my adult life was spent working during the dark nights, always found it to be somewhat peaceful. I probably haven't turned a light on during the night in our home more than a dozen times in 50+ years.....
Still working. Wearing out
Still working wearing out rather than rusting out. I broker commercial mortgages mostly for people who hate banks and banks hate them.
I too like it both ways.. light and dark... it does bother me that we seem to think everything outside needs to be lit up at night... at least here in the city, I hate street lights in a neighborhood... Oh and how many times on a TV show do you see someone at home who hears a scary noise outside and the first thing they do is turn the lights on inside the house... I know it's just TV or the movies but then what ever is outside can see them?
I may be wrong, but I think the quote in the OP
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
is referring to "light" as the truth rather than daytime.
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
is referring to "light" as the truth rather than daytime.
xTopGun
Buckeye
well, ya, there's that too..... and, in today's demented world there's this by Plato - "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth"
Yaworski
Hawkeye
That's racist.
What a sad world we live in.
Everything is racist. Didn't you get the memo?
When someone refers to keeping someone in the dark, they aren't talking about night time, they're talking about keeping that person uninformed.
xTopGun
Buckeye
let's not bring our government into this conversation .....
A quick Google search shows this quote cannot be attributed to Plato. And it’s probably made up by the internet.
But…
I understand the quote about “…men are afraid of ‘the light’” as meaning men being afraid of facing reality. Which I suppose truth would be right there too.
True Source: It appears to be a paraphrase of a similar sentiment by the Roman philosopher Seneca in his Moral Letters to Lucilius, who wrote: "We are as much afraid in the light as children in the dark".
But…
I understand the quote about “…men are afraid of ‘the light’” as meaning men being afraid of facing reality. Which I suppose truth would be right there too.
True Source: It appears to be a paraphrase of a similar sentiment by the Roman philosopher Seneca in his Moral Letters to Lucilius, who wrote: "We are as much afraid in the light as children in the dark".
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Yaworski
Hawkeye
In the dark, you can only imagine what is coming for you.
In the light, you can see what is coming after you. More reason to be afraid.
In the light, you can see what is coming after you. More reason to be afraid.
A very old sergeant of about 24 once gave a bunch of us a bit of his accumulated knowledge.
"Go low, go slow, and preferably in the dark".
The dark is your friend or at least it always has been to me.
"Go low, go slow, and preferably in the dark".
The dark is your friend or at least it always has been to me.
I think most of us know what the original quote was about.... it's just sometimes fun to branch out.
Heck, this forum is all about thread drift. That's what makes it interesting.
xTopGun
Buckeye
wheelgun1958
Hunter
MmmmmI just had some dark toast and coffee with light cream . . .
dadstillsurfs
Single-Sixer
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
I have accumulated a bunch of pressurized gas/kerosene lanterns and recently a thermal scope. A very significant difference in technology. The Coleman/Petromax lanterns will work as long as we have liquid fossil fuels. The scope relies on a battery and all of those limitations. I love 'em both.
coach
Hunter
“It’s better light a candle than curse the darkness.” Attributed to any number of people.
