Quote of the day

Here is a quote that I found that pretty much sums things up.

"...the surveyor...is a judge, at any rate of his own art: his law-court is deserted fields: you might think him crazy, seeing him walk along tortuous paths. If he is looking for evidence among rough woodlands and thickets, he doesn't walk like you or me, he chooses his own way. He explains his statements, puts his learning to the proof, decides disputes by his own footsteps, and like a gigantic river takes areas of countryside from some and gives to others."
Cassiodorus, ca. 490-585