Sir John Scott

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    Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
    That few but such as cannot write, translate.
    John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

    Whither goest thou?
    Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.

    The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”

    I’m a romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)