Sunday, February 18, 2007

A poetical bon mot for the week

"If all be true that I do think,
There are five reasons a man should drink:
Good wine, a friend, or being dry,
Or lest he should be by and by,
Or.... any other reason why."



Henry Aldrich (1647-1710)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

'bar prop' - apparently not sooo well-known in USA. Maybe Brit, afterall?

Happy Mardi Gras.