There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. -

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. – George Santayana, "War Shrines," Soliloquies in England and Later Solilo

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The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end. – Don Marquis

Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling. – George Gordon, Lord Byron

[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly. – Desiderius Erasmus

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host. – Fred Allen

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