In fact, they will pour him another. This Flemish painting, connected with the celebration of Epiphany on 6 January, captures a game that was popular in the seventeenth century. The man in the paper crown is the king of the evening, chosen by lot. For the night, the chosen one became the chief tippler: when the cry of "The King drinks!" rang out, he drained his glass and issued playful commands to his subjects
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
