Song Lyric of the Day (Tears for Fears, on What to do When ‘Nothing Ever Lasts Forever’)

“Help me make the most

 Of freedom and of pleasure

Nothing ever lasts forever.” — “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes, from the Tears for Fears CD Songs From the Big Chair (1985)

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)

Quote of the Day (W.H. Davies, on Pleasure and Joy)

“Now shall I walk

Or shall I ride?

'Ride,' Pleasure said;

'Walk,' Joy replied.” —Welsh poet W.H. Davies (1871-1940), “The Best Friend,” in The Bird of Paradise, And Other Poems (1914)