 Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself...  The Odes of Horace: In Four Books Translated Into English Lyric Verse - Page 378by Horace - 1858 - 475 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 2006 - 240 pages
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 | Yoshio Komatsu, Eiko Komatsu - Indigenous peoples - 2006 - 486 pages
...• •••v¿ Ouvéa, NEW CALEDONIA Joal-Fadiout, SENEGAL ARUBA (Netherlands Antilles) PLAY 303 Happy the man, and happy he alone He, who can call...say To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today, k У- 1 \ À PLAY Arizona, UNITED STATES Ciudad Obregón, MEXICO MEXICO PLAY 307 PERU NEPAL All animals,... | |
 | Steven D. Price - 2006 - 277 pages
...tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely. " — Kay Lyons Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call...say, "Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. " — Horace, as translated by John Dryden Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth,... | |
 | William Godwin - 2006 - 646 pages
...regard them as of no account. Taken in this sense, Dryden's celebrated verses are but a maniac's rant: tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be...joys I have possessed, in spite of fate are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. But this... | |
 | Helen Barolini - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 236 pages
...all we have, but nonetheless, all things in moderation and don't despair; or, in Dryden's version: Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call...within, can say Tomorrow, do thy worst for I have liv'd today. Horace endures, wise and civilized and speaking to all ages. But especially, perhaps,... | |
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