Life is...

Apr. 30th, 2009 11:49 am
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I know there are lots of sayings about living it up because you'll die soon enough, but when I want one, you think I can recall any? Help :)

Specifically, I'm thinking of something flippant that people say all the time that has both the (enjoy yourself) and the (life is short/you die soon enough) parts. Although similar sayings might work if I can't remember the one I want.

(Insert usual grumbles about too much time spent on a simple line.)

Date: 2009-04-30 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaelajael.livejournal.com
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die...

Something like that?

Date: 2009-04-30 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monissaw.livejournal.com
Yes!

At a funeral service, one character is thinking about another who used to say something like that.

Date: 2009-04-30 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capnoblivious.livejournal.com
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."

Ref: http://www.bartleby.com/101/248.html

Date: 2009-04-30 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capnoblivious.livejournal.com
I also like "Yer a short time livin' and a long time dead," which I recall from a Somerset folk song in my youth.

Date: 2009-04-30 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monissaw.livejournal.com

That fits better. I didn't get time to comment on your first reply :)

Something like "Live it up now, you'll be dead soon enough".

I should edit my post.

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