Thursday, October 9, 2008

Horace - The Art of Poetry

"It has always been granted, and always will be, to produce words stamped with the date of the present. As trees change their leaves when each year comes to its end, and the first fall first, so the oldest words die first and the newborn thrive in the manner of youth, and enjoy life." I found this quote by Horace on page 85 of our book to be thoughtful to say the least. I know it's not very related, but this reminds me of the name "Brittany." This name didn't come into common use until the 1970's after a character in a TV show was named Brittany. I have searched the internet through and through trying to remember what the TV show was but I can't find it. When I do I'll post the name of it. At any rate, I'm just curious as to how long this name will continue to be used, well, as a name.

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