Phrase of the day 1/6

jim_1 (Zone 5B)

3 years ago

The best is yet to be

This optimistic phrase is from the first lines of Rabbi Be Ezra by Robert Browning. The stanza runs:

“Grow old along with me!/The best is yet to be,/The last of life, for which the first was made.”

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KennsWoods
3 years ago
Ah yes, the pre-COVID days...
stacey_mb
3 years ago
A sister used this saying in her wedding.
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lisaam
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(The sharing of) information is fleeting

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