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Mortality7 quotes
Sic transit gloria mundi.Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare · 1616The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. — William Shakespeare · 1616Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606All 7 quotes →The human condition7 quotes
Sic transit gloria mundi.Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare · 1616The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. — William Shakespeare · 1616Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606All 7 quotes →Passage of time2 quotes
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Time2 quotes
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Aging1 quote
And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare · 1616Death1 quote
Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606Fate1 quote
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Impermanence1 quote
Sic transit gloria mundi.Loss1 quote
We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all. — Joan Didion · 2005Perseverance1 quote
Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606Timing1 quote
Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606Vanitas1 quote
Sic transit gloria mundi.Waves1 quote
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609