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
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.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the importance of mental clarity over physical appearance and the effects of lack of sleep on one's state of mind.
Ogden Nash's quote highlights the discrepancy between outward appearances and inner experiences. While one may present themselves neatly, the chaos within the mind can lead to feelings of confusion and disorientation, especially when one is deprived of adequate rest. It serves as a reminder that self-care and mental well-being are as crucial as grooming, suggesting that physical presentation does not always correlate with emotional or mental health.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a blog post about mental health and self-care.
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.
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.
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.
Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.
As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.
I could do one show after another in China for the rest of my life and still die ignorant. There's a lot of places left to go.
Do not, do not, do not books for ever hammer at people like perpetual bells? When, between two books, silent sky appears: be glad
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