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Francis Bacon1 quote
Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625Marcus Aurelius1 quote
Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Ovid1 quote
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Ralph Hodgson1 quote
Time, you old gipsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day? — Ralph Hodgson · 1917Samuel Johnson1 quote
He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. — Samuel Johnson · 1781Sir Walter Raleigh1 quote
Even such is time that takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, our all we have,
And pays us but with age and dust;
Who in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days.
But from this earth, this grave, this dust,
My God shall raise me up, I trust! — Sir Walter Raleigh · 1618Tennessee Williams1 quote
Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. — Tennessee Williams · 1951Virgil1 quote
But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying. — Virgil · 29 BCWilliam Shakespeare1 quote
Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609