“Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?” — Ogden Nash Verified"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935) · evidenceDetails & citeNew Year Copy Share Share cardCard Report
“The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.” — W. H. Auden VerifiedThe Table Talk of W. H. Auden (1991), 31 December 1947 · evidenceDetails & citeNew Year Copy Share Share cardCard Report
“Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.” — Sir Walter Scott New Year Copy Share Share cardCard Report
“Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.” — Emily Miller New Year Copy Share Share cardCard Report