New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights
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We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book read more
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and read more
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should read more
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul
It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.
It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.
Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.
Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when read more
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
