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Relentlessness of time9 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time 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 · 180Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. — Samuel Johnson · 1781Even 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 · 1618Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. — Tennessee Williams · 1951All 9 quotes →Time7 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time 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 · 180He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. — Samuel Johnson · 1781Even 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 · 1618But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying. — Virgil · 29 BCNothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609All 7 quotes →Passage of time2 quotes
But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying. — Virgil · 29 BCNothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609The human condition2 quotes
Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609Aging1 quote
Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625Circle of life1 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 · 180Death1 quote
Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625Effects of time1 quote
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Nature of time1 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 · 1618Time is undefeated1 quote
He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. — Samuel Johnson · 1781