The best books become good friends who you can turn to in good times and bad times, and who will turn a mirror up to you. You can lie to friends, but never to the great books.
Thought For The Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I, Claudius is a book I love to reread at least every couple of years. Sometimes I listen to the Audiobook version. I’m also a huge fan of Livy and the poems of Catullus.
Livy has his flaws, but I will never forget the summer in High School when I devoured the Penguin translation of his books on the Second Punic War. I was entranced from beginning to end. Speaking of I Claudius and Livy:
https://the-american-catholic.com/2020/12/17/pre-battle-speeches/