Caveat: 갈수록 산이다

This is an aphorism from my aphorism book.

갈수록 산이다
gal·su·rok san·i·da
go-THEMORE mountains-be

"The farther [you] go, there are [more] moutains.

This means that matters go from bad to worse: just more mountains. Personally, I rather like the idea of hiking over mountains and finding more, but clearly the meaning here is negative. I am reminded of my uncle's memorable and favorite aphorism – an inversion of a more popular and positive version which he clearly rejected – and which was embedded in my brain by his frequent utterances of it when I was young: "It's always darkest just before it gets completely black."

[daily log: walking, 5.5 km]

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