And found out that I had plagiarized from a play I have never read.
The thought was about moderation, and how I don't love that particular rule because it can lead to some social problems I find common in literature I read, and so I thought, "The reason I don't like the rule of everything in moderation is because even this rule needs to be moderate. We need the rule of moderation in moderation."
Less than an hour later, I find this in an internet article comment:
"Somewhere in Greek myth or drama, there's a scene between Artemis & Apollo that goes something like this:
Artemis: Brother, you are always going on about "everything in moderation", but very time I turn around, you're chasing a nymph around my forests! What's the deal?
Apollo: Dear sister, there must indeed be everything in moderation… including moderation."
There is a great ancient quote that I can only vaguely remember, and it goes something like:
"If anything great is written, it was first written by me."
Le sigh.
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