Written By Cambria
Dec. 11, 2019, 11:10 p.m.(5/11/1012 AR)
The world is a place of marvels.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 7, 2019, 12:59 a.m.(5/1/1012 AR)
There are times when to say more is to say less.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 6, 2019, 1:18 a.m.(4/27/1012 AR)
Chance plays a larger part in our lives than we would like to suppose, though that does not make us any the less responsible for our actions. After all, every decision has to be taken in circumstances, often not of our choosing: and is life even conceivable in which we act only in circumstances that have been chosen and brought about entirely by themselves? It is our existential burden (or is it glory?) always to have to act as best we can.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 1, 2019, 6:28 p.m.(4/19/1012 AR)
To live a just life we must constantly examine our motives.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 18, 2019, 8:18 p.m.(3/21/1012 AR)
Letters that receive no reply still yield answers.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 16, 2019, 12:21 a.m.(3/15/1012 AR)
One of the most profound things I have learned from looking back is that I must go forward.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 13, 2019, 10:48 p.m.(3/11/1012 AR)
Some are so discriminating and exacting concerning just authority that they are rarely inclined to recognize any authority, the world being what it is.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 11, 2019, 11:18 p.m.(3/7/1012 AR)
Those who never try to understand their desires are apt to fall into more complicated miseries the likes of which they also do not understand.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 8, 2019, 12:54 a.m.(2/27/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Dante
A recent meeting between myself and the Sword of Roses, Dante Fidante, has shown me that he and I share many thoughts and opinions on particular matters. I greatly appreciate his reaching out to me, and am equally thankful for the information he willingly shared. Our two Houses enjoy a most favorable relationship already, and I think that it will only grow stronger.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 8, 2019, 12:39 a.m.(2/27/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Strozza
I requested that my cousin, Strozza, make the journey to Arx and he acquiesced. I confess his chambers were not quite ready upon his arrival, but the matter was remedied quickly enough. The Hundred Cities is as fine a place as any to stay temporarily, but I should hate to have any of my relations end up staying outside off the manor for any longer than is necessary.
Of course, at my request, Luigi set up the necessary arrangements with the bank, and made certain that Strozza was given a small sum so that he may purchase whatever he required upon his arrival in the capital.
Though I have not yet had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with Strozza myself, it has been made known to me through various means that he has already met up with some of my other relations, and appears to be settling in well.
As a final note, I found his ruminations on the nature of coffee and water to be most enlightening.
Of course, at my request, Luigi set up the necessary arrangements with the bank, and made certain that Strozza was given a small sum so that he may purchase whatever he required upon his arrival in the capital.
Though I have not yet had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with Strozza myself, it has been made known to me through various means that he has already met up with some of my other relations, and appears to be settling in well.
As a final note, I found his ruminations on the nature of coffee and water to be most enlightening.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 7, 2019, 12:55 a.m.(2/25/1012 AR)
It is prudent to trust others only insofar as their well-being depends on you. Yet prudence and wisdom are not the same. And it can be wise to take a leap.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 2, 2019, 8:31 p.m.(2/17/1012 AR)
As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then the gods only know what ideas may stray into your mind...
Written By Cambria
Nov. 2, 2019, 8:06 p.m.(2/17/1012 AR)
Sincerity of intentions is not a virtue irrespective of what those intentions are.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 2, 2019, 6:13 p.m.(2/17/1012 AR)
Ethics are a system of moral values dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. They can be highly personal, derived from your understanding of the world, but even personal ethics tend to correspond with public ethics. Every society has to have a set of unwritten rules that govern behavior. Otherwise, you wouldn't have a society, you would have a collection of competing strangers.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 26, 2019, 10:04 p.m.(2/3/1012 AR)
We look to Lagoma to understand and appreciate the nature of change. Change is as often beneficent as it is insidious and destructive. Certainly not all change is for the worse. There is such a thing as restoration: the return of that which we thought was lost; the rebirth of that which we thought was dead.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 26, 2019, 6:42 p.m.(2/3/1012 AR)
It is valuable to learn to respect and honor tradition. These days, there are those so fascinated with novel, untried ideas that they often overlook the wisdom of the past. Indeed, there are even those who consider it an argument against a course of action if something has been practiced previously by former generations. There are those who seem to think that the new must always be better than the old.
That way to madness lies. To build a great house, one must have a solid foundation. Let us observe the world around us, and draw inspiration from nature: only trees whose roots are strong survive fierce storms.
Tradition does not merely consist of the old ways of doing things. Tradition includes a whole vault of ideas, actions, passions, and dreams that are entrusted to us by our forebears. If we forget that legacy, then we risk ceasing to be who we are. We could very well end up as rootless wanderers, cut off from those innumerable invisible ties that give shape and meaning to our individual lives and to the collective life of the Compact.
Still, all that is not to say that honoring tradition is the same thing as slavishly imitating it. We should not simply to reproduce the past accomplishments of our ancestors, but build on their actions in such a way as to make something that is, simultaneously, old and new. We honor the past, not by worshiping it as a dead letter, but by letting its spirit invigorate us as we move forward.
That way to madness lies. To build a great house, one must have a solid foundation. Let us observe the world around us, and draw inspiration from nature: only trees whose roots are strong survive fierce storms.
Tradition does not merely consist of the old ways of doing things. Tradition includes a whole vault of ideas, actions, passions, and dreams that are entrusted to us by our forebears. If we forget that legacy, then we risk ceasing to be who we are. We could very well end up as rootless wanderers, cut off from those innumerable invisible ties that give shape and meaning to our individual lives and to the collective life of the Compact.
Still, all that is not to say that honoring tradition is the same thing as slavishly imitating it. We should not simply to reproduce the past accomplishments of our ancestors, but build on their actions in such a way as to make something that is, simultaneously, old and new. We honor the past, not by worshiping it as a dead letter, but by letting its spirit invigorate us as we move forward.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 13, 2019, 1:57 p.m.(1/4/1012 AR)
At or around the age of ten, I developed a fascination for the villains within the stories of which I often read. Since then, I have found the malignity of evil always more fascinating than the beneficence of good. Fictional or dramatic heroes have been to me ever since but pale and uninteresting shadows of their villainous counterparts.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 13, 2019, 2:43 a.m.(1/3/1012 AR)
If one wishes to express his or her opinion in public, then one must expect public criticism in return. Speaking personally, I have found that the only truly painful criticism is that which is justified.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 12, 2019, 8:16 p.m.(1/3/1012 AR)
You should live each day as if it were your last, but also as if you were going to live forever. The latter is easier to do, perhaps, than the former because, as Marach is said to have replied when asked before his death by an Orthodox Godsworn to renounce the Thirteenth, your last day alive is no time to be making enemies. However, it is very difficult, especially in these times of inflamed sentiment and opinion, to avoid making enemies. It often seems as if you have only to pick up a quill to do so.
PS. I made that bit up about Marach.
PS. I made that bit up about Marach.
Written By Cambria
Oct. 6, 2019, 1:16 p.m.(12/18/1011 AR)
As much as one is like to read a journal about a Peer's duty when it comes to marriage, it does bring me joy to know when a match not only suits two Houses, but also the two individuals. This is not to say they are heads over heels in love with one another, rather, that the two are well paired and very likely to do great things together now that they are united through matrimony.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.