Today’s counsel
13 October 2026 · day 2026-10-13
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, preface
— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
The past week
How it works
One small counsel a day, stitched from three dead wits at a time: Franklin’s Poor Richard, Blake’s Proverbs of Hell, Wilde’s epigrams, Carroll’s gnomic passages, and Confucius in Legge’s 1861 translation. The draw is fixed — the same day always gives the same lines, for everyone. There is nothing to write, no account, and no gallery: a thirty-second morning ritual. Every word is public domain in Australia; the editions are listed on the sources page.