5 de Fevereiro

"Permanence, perseverance, and persistence

in spite of all obstacles, discoragements,

and impossibilities: It is this that in all things

distinguishes the strong soul from the weak"

Sir Francis Drake

Hercules between Vice and Virtue, early 17th century

Jan Van Den Hoecke

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

30 de Janeiro

"The root of all superstition is that
men observe when a thing hits,
but not when it misses"

Francis Bacon

Witchcraft or An Allegory on the Choice of Hercules, c. 1535

Dosso Dossi

Uffizi Gallery, Florence