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Proverbial #54: Death and Wellness
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This week's proverb comes to us from Nicholas Gomez Davila, who said that "dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.
Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.
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