"A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Or in other words:; “There is nothing under the sun better for man than to eat, drink, and be merry. ... “Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”; William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
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UPDATE: I just saw a press release entitled, EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY AT THE 2004 LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. It contains this: "As Shakespeare himself said eat, drink and be merry," says Catherine Atack, executive director of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
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Take a right onto Peachtree Street and the Shakespeare Tavern will be on the left. Parking:; Emory Crawford Long Hospital Parking Deck ; Visit Website; ... Home > HyperLocal News > Attractions > The Shakespeare Tavern: Eat, drink and be merry with the Bard...
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VirginiaWind visits Barboursville Vineyards near Barboursville, Virginia ... On the estates 830 acres of rolling hills, you can tour a historic site, eat at an elegant Italian restaurant, participate in wine tasting and spend the night in charming accommodations.
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Which brings me to my point about "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die." All too often well meaning people, the scholarly equivalent of Parson Weems, tell us that, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die," comes from the Greek philosopher Epicurus, or that the quote sums up Epicurean philosophy.[2]
www.woodbrook.org/sermons/1998/980802.htm
Whole Foods Market presents Shakespeare Alive! A Great Italian Meal; Including Appetizers and Served with Complementary Wines; ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Eat, drink and be merry with Shakes at Whole Foods...
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Quotations: life is short, seize the day! From The Quote Garden. ... ~William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1600; When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.  ~Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, 1901, translated by Alfred Sutro;
www.quotegarden.com/carpe-diem.html
What is the "omnivore's dilemma"? Put simply, as human beings we can eat a wide variety of food. How do we choose well? ... And some of it is used to create ethanol for fuel. However, these few statements don't even begin to explain the importance that corn has to our lives, to what we eat, and to our economy.
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Eat, drink, and be merry (in Nashua, NH) ... And finally, the Uniter-Decider-Reader of Camus, Shakespeare and “My Pet Goat,” who describes the party that successfully prosecuted two world wars as people who “cut and run”.
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It isn’t to forget that each and every state advertising campaign designed to make people think, act, eat, drink, sleep or speak a certain way was paid for with your money, that you worked for. It might be to question at every stage the right of anyone to tell you how you should enjoy yourself.
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