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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.
Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh read more
Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!
Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.
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.
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.
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.
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
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.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the read more
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.