Let us devote our hearts to merriment and feasting <br /> While the enjoyment of delights still brings pleasure. <br />For quick as thought does radiant youth pass by; <br /> Nor does the rush of horses prove to be swifter <br />When carrying their master to the labor of men's spears <br /> With furious energy, taking joy in the plain that brings forth wheat.<br /><br />Theognis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fragments-lines-0983-0988/