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01-01-2008, 02:49 AM
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Gather Ye Rosebuds
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.
For most of us it's a bit late to follow this literally. But News Year Eve, and the pleasure found there remind me that this is a good principle, no matter what age we are.
What we have now is can only be enjoyed now. Next year may offer good things, but likely not exactly what is available now. So why wait? Laissez le bon temps roulez!
Ha
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01-01-2008, 08:44 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
- Andrew Marvell
"To His Coy Mistress"
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01-01-2008, 08:56 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
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[quote=haha;595187
What we have now is can only be enjoyed now. Next year may offer good things, but likely not exactly what is available now. So why wait? Laissez le bon temps roulez!
Ha[/quote]
You are so right ! Who knows what tomorrow brings enjoy the moment !
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01-01-2008, 09:44 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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my poetry is not very good but i think this means i'm supposed to go out and get laid today. a happy new year it is. and to one and all.
my latin is also not so good but i think it goes: vidi vici veni
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01-01-2008, 10:55 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazygood4nothinbum
my latin is also not so good but i think it goes: vidi vici veni
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O you funny man!
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01-01-2008, 11:05 AM
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And I thought we were talking about Citizen Kane.
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01-02-2008, 07:26 AM
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"off with their heads"~~dr. joseph-ignace guillotin
"life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages."~~mark twain - letter to edward kimmitt 1901
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