Quote of the Day (Lord Byron, on Pleasure, Sin—and Lots of Confusion)

“Man's a phenomenon, one knows not what,

         And wonderful beyond all wondrous measure;

    'Tis pity though, in this sublime world, that

         Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure;

    Few mortals know what end they would be at,

         But whether glory, power, or love, or treasure,

    The path is through perplexing ways, and when

    The goal is gain'd, we die, you know--and then----

    What then?--I do not know, no more do you--

         And so good night.”—English Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), Don Juan, Canto I (1819)