Time is so old and love so brief, love is pure gold and time a thief. We're late, darling, we're late, The curtain descends, everything ends, too soon, too soon.
Ogden NashRead
I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
Interpretation
The quote expresses skepticism about the positive news of the time, suggesting that good things are often in the hands of unworthy individuals.
Ogden Nash's quote reflects a cynical view on the state of affairs in society, implying that despite the apparent progress and achievements in the world, they are largely enjoyed by those who do not deserve them. This perspective calls attention to the disparity between success and merit, raising questions about justice and the distribution of good fortune.
In practice
Discussing the state of the world at a dinner party.
Time is so old and love so brief, love is pure gold and time a thief. We're late, darling, we're late, The curtain descends, everything ends, too soon, too soon.
I'm like a backward berry, Unripened on the vine, For all my friends are fifty, And I'm only forty-nine.
Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.
Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine; May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends, than the foam at the top of the stein. Then here's to the heartening wassail, wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.
Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. _x000D_ You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday. _x000D_ No wonder you feel that lost sensation. _x000D_ You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.
What should I believe? thought Shadow, and the voice came back to him from somewhere deep beneath the world, in a bass rumble: Believe everything.
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
You can be as exclusive as you want to in your house, but once you walk outside your house, you have to realize that it's not your world anymore: it's all of our world.
I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.
I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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