John Dryden

Imitation of Horace (1685)

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

o Book III, Ode 29 line 65-68

John Dryden –

(19 August 1631 {9 August O.S.} – 12 May 1700 {1 May O.S.}) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright. He was Poet Laureate, 1668–1689.


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Change of Uniforms

You are born, you live and you die. Amidst this, you change uniforms - a lot of uniforms. You get into baby uniforms, kindergarten uniforms, school uniforms, office uniforms {police / military / Firefighting / Doctors / Nurses / Lawyers / et al /}, day or night uniforms, social visit uniforms and lastly get into a funeral uniform.

At the end of the day – you just change uniforms

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You don’t say (or can’t) “Life is Beautiful”, when you are drudging it out hard in your office!

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There is no such thing as a merry philosophy

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Sometimes you wish Darwin never existed. How can he deprive us of our belief of holding the hierarchical view that we were made in the image of a god? How can he instill upon us that we were made in the image of a monkey?

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Will competence, punctuality, and the aspiration for achievement and success bring us happiness?

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