Adagia, windswept bastion
June 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Adagia, windswept bastion
my opponent is going infinite with Adagia to copy Airbender Ascension looping Emrakul that's kinda sick ngl
September 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
my opponent is going infinite with Adagia to copy Airbender Ascension looping Emrakul that's kinda sick ngl
This always reminds me of Wallace Stevens' statement that "A poem is a meteor" in 'Adagia', similarly existing by virtue of its self-annihilation.
July 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This always reminds me of Wallace Stevens' statement that "A poem is a meteor" in 'Adagia', similarly existing by virtue of its self-annihilation.
"VVD vat de eigen leidraad samen met de adagia 'Handen uit de mouwen i.p.v hand ophouden' en 'Niet doorschuiven maar aanpakken'. Dit staat in contrast met het VVD-programma. Daaruit blijkt dat VVD de (al jaren handophoudende) bankensector niet aanpakt en de rekening wel degelijk doorschuift." (2012)
De VVD pakt niet aan, maar schuift financiële problemen voor zich uit
De VVD vat de eigen politieke leidraad samen met de adagia 'Handen uit de mouwen in plaats van hand ophouden' en 'Niet doorschuiven maar aanpakken'. Deze ferme taal staat in schril contrast met het VV...
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April 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"VVD vat de eigen leidraad samen met de adagia 'Handen uit de mouwen i.p.v hand ophouden' en 'Niet doorschuiven maar aanpakken'. Dit staat in contrast met het VVD-programma. Daaruit blijkt dat VVD de (al jaren handophoudende) bankensector niet aanpakt en de rekening wel degelijk doorschuift." (2012)
Een van mijn adagia is niet voor niets: "Het kan altijd erger".
May 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Een van mijn adagia is niet voor niets: "Het kan altijd erger".
February 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
As requested
Maybe a bit harsher than I usually am in terms of criticism, but I really strongly feel like splat bomb/bubble misunderstands what it is inkbrush wants to do
youtu.be/1EDE10c8C2M?...
Maybe a bit harsher than I usually am in terms of criticism, but I really strongly feel like splat bomb/bubble misunderstands what it is inkbrush wants to do
youtu.be/1EDE10c8C2M?...
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
As requested
Maybe a bit harsher than I usually am in terms of criticism, but I really strongly feel like splat bomb/bubble misunderstands what it is inkbrush wants to do
youtu.be/1EDE10c8C2M?...
Maybe a bit harsher than I usually am in terms of criticism, but I really strongly feel like splat bomb/bubble misunderstands what it is inkbrush wants to do
youtu.be/1EDE10c8C2M?...
No Mechanics today, only vibes. #MTGEternities
February 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
No Mechanics today, only vibes. #MTGEternities
"It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem."
–Wallace Stevens, from the "Adagia"
–Wallace Stevens, from the "Adagia"
November 14, 2024 at 5:33 PM
"It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem."
–Wallace Stevens, from the "Adagia"
–Wallace Stevens, from the "Adagia"
The three remaining mythic planets, unlocking a gaea's cradle, or ways to create tokens. More previews at http://www.mtgpreviews.com/EOE
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Source: Wizards Email
July 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The three remaining mythic planets, unlocking a gaea's cradle, or ways to create tokens. More previews at http://www.mtgpreviews.com/EOE
Source: Wizards Email
Source: Wizards Email
Erasmus in Adagia, “To dress within the formal limits and with an air gives men, as the Greek line testifies, authority.”
September 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Erasmus in Adagia, “To dress within the formal limits and with an air gives men, as the Greek line testifies, authority.”
Wine and music are not good until afternoon. But poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in solitude and in the times of solitude as, for example, in the earliest morning. (Adagia, 903)
October 2, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Wine and music are not good until afternoon. But poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in solitude and in the times of solitude as, for example, in the earliest morning. (Adagia, 903)
No Mechanics today, only vibes. #MTGEternities
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No Mechanics today, only vibes. #MTGEternities
Arada bir her şeyden elini eteğini çekemiyorsan, özgür değilsin...
Adagia
Adagia
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Arada bir her şeyden elini eteğini çekemiyorsan, özgür değilsin...
Adagia
Adagia
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Tanto vale fermarsi qui sul campo a guardare le vette distanti dei monti che sfidano il cielo, che lo accarezzano, che danzano con le stelle quando la notte si adagia sul mondo. Tanto vale sedersi qui e riempirsi gli occhi dei sogni che la pelle non potrà mai sentire.
March 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Tanto vale fermarsi qui sul campo a guardare le vette distanti dei monti che sfidano il cielo, che lo accarezzano, che danzano con le stelle quando la notte si adagia sul mondo. Tanto vale sedersi qui e riempirsi gli occhi dei sogni che la pelle non potrà mai sentire.
Another Latin proverb for doing a pointless or absurd thing: sōlī lūmen īnferre. To bring light to the sun. From Erasmus’s Adagia. #lingualatina
February 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another Latin proverb for doing a pointless or absurd thing: sōlī lūmen īnferre. To bring light to the sun. From Erasmus’s Adagia. #lingualatina
Like many archives we still have (and use) our original card catalogue - and it does throw up the occasional surprise.
Before you say "bless you", this is a real latin term! It means 'the state of being able to achieve honours' and it appeared in Erasmus' 16th century Adagia and in Shakespeare :)
Before you say "bless you", this is a real latin term! It means 'the state of being able to achieve honours' and it appeared in Erasmus' 16th century Adagia and in Shakespeare :)
August 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Like many archives we still have (and use) our original card catalogue - and it does throw up the occasional surprise.
Before you say "bless you", this is a real latin term! It means 'the state of being able to achieve honours' and it appeared in Erasmus' 16th century Adagia and in Shakespeare :)
Before you say "bless you", this is a real latin term! It means 'the state of being able to achieve honours' and it appeared in Erasmus' 16th century Adagia and in Shakespeare :)
It is commonly traced to the Roman writer Marcus Terentius Varro, who uses the thought in De Re Rustica (“if man is a bubble, all the more so is an old man”), and it was later popularised across Europe through proverb collections such as Erasmus’s Adagia.
Homo Bulla
Hendrick Goltzius, 1594
Homo Bulla
Hendrick Goltzius, 1594
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It is commonly traced to the Roman writer Marcus Terentius Varro, who uses the thought in De Re Rustica (“if man is a bubble, all the more so is an old man”), and it was later popularised across Europe through proverb collections such as Erasmus’s Adagia.
Homo Bulla
Hendrick Goltzius, 1594
Homo Bulla
Hendrick Goltzius, 1594
"In the presence of extraordinary
actuality, consciousness takes the
place of imagination."
«Adagia» Wallace Stevens
actuality, consciousness takes the
place of imagination."
«Adagia» Wallace Stevens
April 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"In the presence of extraordinary
actuality, consciousness takes the
place of imagination."
«Adagia» Wallace Stevens
actuality, consciousness takes the
place of imagination."
«Adagia» Wallace Stevens
6-1-1 for top 32 of the Saturday PTQ at Atlanta!! Lost round 1 to Boros with adagia and knight luminaries, and declined to lose again. Got quite lucky throughout, drew acolyte a bunch and my round 6 opponent with a better deck mulliganed a ton. Excited to draft tomorrow! @fireshoes.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
6-1-1 for top 32 of the Saturday PTQ at Atlanta!! Lost round 1 to Boros with adagia and knight luminaries, and declined to lose again. Got quite lucky throughout, drew acolyte a bunch and my round 6 opponent with a better deck mulliganed a ton. Excited to draft tomorrow! @fireshoes.bsky.social