Again I did not fall from the ladder. :)
Well, and now Mrs. J. does insist on us having a glass of red, as after midnight I shall not be as young as I am now. :)
Sláinte.
The American who discovered Columbus first,
made a fatal discovery.
Der Amerikaner, der den Kolumbus zuerst entdeckte,
machte eine böse Entdeckung. [G 183]
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)
...in a man's life, there are two important dates: his birth and his death. Everything we do in between is not very important.This may be so. On the other side, there lies a grain of truth in what I think George Santayana once stated (trying to translate):
Jacques Brel (April 8th, 1929 - October 9th, 1978)
At death the leopard leaves behind its coat,Well, and some would leave behind some wonderful chansons.
and man his reputation.