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I got 22 dn first!
I have kept a commonplace book since I was 14. About then I saw the play "Libel!" by Edward Wooll and was very struck by the lines-
"One thing alone not God himself can do
To make undone that which has once been done"
Wooll attributed this to 22dn, which I duly put in the book and never forgot.
Turns out it was Aristo(totle) all along. I've corrected it in the book after (cough cough) many decades....but the mistake was useful for the clue.

Hi Rosalind. Old Ari did indeed say it, but he was quoting Agathon. "Agathon is right in saying - For this alone is lacking even to God, To make undone things that have once been done."
I should get out more,I know.

Thanks ab, I shall add a further note to my book. I doubt anyone will ever read it, but it's good to be accurate
Me, too. get out more. Not in this rain, though.

Hi ros (& ab: yet another impressive display of knowledge),
Coming from a Maths & Science background I tended not to spend a lot of time on languages or classics (much to my regret now) other than mythology which interests me still and while not directly related, yes I love Tolkein.
Even lif only to yourself,your commonplacer book must make interesting reading especially your first entries written a decade or two ago.

Commonplace book: hadn't heard of this before, so googled. Thanks for continuing my education.

Not good for the sales of post-it notes, methinks!

I have a science background as well, ginge. I think many were pushed that way regadless of inclination.
I look at my teenage self with amusement- I was very solemn. The whole of "For the Fallen" is there, next to Rupert Brooke's "I thought when love for you died, I would die. It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on". Phew!
Sorry. fantasy not my thing. Do you enjoy the films or prefer just reading the books?

Hi again ros, I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you how many times I've reread Lord of the Rings and I really appreciate the Jackson films being almost true to the books.
I wonder if I'm unique or in an extremely small minority who rarely thinks of the past (and the future for that matter), with a certainly no regrets get on with it "philosophy"/attitude but I suppose my somewhat selfish trait is only possible not having any family (commitments). Other my books and music I'm not remotely materialistic and I truly don't have any photographs of myself or previous partners or people either in or were in my life. It works for me.

It can only be good to find what works for you and stick with it.