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Effects of time26 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz · 1856Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCThe ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone. — Lucretius · 55 BCAll 26 quotes →Time14 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz · 1856Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCTime is the great physician. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837All 14 quotes →Aging3 quotes
Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015No one can stop a ticking clock, but the great ones, the great ones always find a way to slow it down. — Sonny Weaver Jr. · 2014We wove a web in childhood,
A web of sunny air;
We dug a spring in infancy
Of water pure and fair;
We sowed in youth a mustard seed,
We cut an almond rod;
We are now grown up to riper age —
Are they withered in the sod? — Charlotte Bronte · 1835Healing2 quotes
Time is the great physician. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837Time has too much credit... It is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. — Ivy Compton-Burnett · 1951Impermanence2 quotes
What's not destroyed by Time's devouring hand?
Where's Troy, and where's the May-pole in the Strand? — James Bramston · 1729We wove a web in childhood,
A web of sunny air;
We dug a spring in infancy
Of water pure and fair;
We sowed in youth a mustard seed,
We cut an almond rod;
We are now grown up to riper age —
Are they withered in the sod? — Charlotte Bronte · 1835Passage of time2 quotes
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCRavages of time2 quotes
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCTime crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of time and is forgotten through the lapse of time. — Aristotle · 350 BCTime as destroyer2 quotes
Time which antiquates Antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Time will rust the sharpest sword,
Time will consume the strongest cord;
That which moulders hemp and steel,
Mortal arm and nerve must feel. — Sir Walter Scott · 1817Acquiring wisdom1 quote
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near to their eternal home.
Leaving the old; both worlds at once they view,
That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Edmund Waller · 1686Friendship1 quote
Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyere · 1688Inevitability of death1 quote
Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine
To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. — Edward Young · 1742Kids these days1 quote
What do the ravages of time not injure? Our parents' age (worse than our grandparents') has produced us, more worthless still, who will soon give rise to a yet more vicious generation. — Horace · 23 BCLove1 quote
Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyere · 1688Love and friendship1 quote
Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyere · 1688Persistence1 quote
The ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone. — Lucretius · 55 BCPersonal growth1 quote
The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,
Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made;
Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become
As they draw near to their eternal home.
Leaving the old; both worlds at once they view,
That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Edmund Waller · 1686Relentlessness of time1 quote
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Sin1 quote
Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Things are getting worse1 quote
What do the ravages of time not injure? Our parents' age (worse than our grandparents') has produced us, more worthless still, who will soon give rise to a yet more vicious generation. — Horace · 23 BCYouth1 quote
We wove a web in childhood,
A web of sunny air;
We dug a spring in infancy
Of water pure and fair;
We sowed in youth a mustard seed,
We cut an almond rod;
We are now grown up to riper age —
Are they withered in the sod? — Charlotte Bronte · 1835