Without wine and poetry, hills and water exist for no purpose; without the company of beautiful ladies, flowers and the moon would be wasted.
From the book of Sweet Dream Shadows (quoted in Lin Yutang, The Art of Living, p. 319). Perhaps a bit exaggerated; but now you know why we should at least sometimes have parties with wine and poetry and beautiful ladies: so that the hills and waters, the flowers and the moon, not be wasted.
