WISE MEN SAY

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. - Henry Ford

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POETRY FOR PLEASURE

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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JOHN'S GALLERY

The Fountain of Love, by Marco Ricci (1676-1730)
This is the first of five paintings being shown here this week.

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TAKE YOUR PARTNERS

"By the Sleepy Lagoon," composed by Eric Coates, will always be remembered as the signature tune of "Desert Island Discs." Here it's played by Victor Silvester and his Orchestra.
Uploaded by patrickdcyau

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AN 80 PLUS QUOTE

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles.
It's true that some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. - Abigail Van Buren

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