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The ephemeral10 quotes
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed,
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever. — Robert Burns · 1791Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud.
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream. — Nagarjuna · 180Everything that man esteems
Endures a moment or a day.
Love's pleasure drives his love away,
The painter's brush consumes his dreams. — W.B. Yeats · 1928Everything that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment. — William Shakespeare · 1609All 10 quotes →Impermanence2 quotes
Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud.
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream. — Nagarjuna · 180The withered primrose by the mourning river,
The faded summer’s sun from weeping fountains,
The light-blown bubble vanished for ever,
The molten snow upon the naked mountains,
Are emblems that the treasures we up-lay
Soon wither, vanish, fade, and melt away. — Edmund Bolton · 1600Accumulation of wealth1 quote
The withered primrose by the mourning river,
The faded summer’s sun from weeping fountains,
The light-blown bubble vanished for ever,
The molten snow upon the naked mountains,
Are emblems that the treasures we up-lay
Soon wither, vanish, fade, and melt away. — Edmund Bolton · 1600Beauty1 quote
Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Beauty fades1 quote
Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Life1 quote
Take your delight in momentariness,
Walk between dark and dark-a shining space
With the grave’s narrowness, though not its peace. — Robert Graves · 1929Pleasure1 quote
But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed,
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever. — Robert Burns · 1791Poetry1 quote
For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly. — Langston Hughes · 1940Rainbows1 quote
For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly. — Langston Hughes · 1940Ripeness1 quote
Everything that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment. — William Shakespeare · 1609Seasons1 quote
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609Shortness of life1 quote
Take your delight in momentariness,
Walk between dark and dark-a shining space
With the grave’s narrowness, though not its peace. — Robert Graves · 1929Summer1 quote
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609The only constant is change1 quote
The withered primrose by the mourning river,
The faded summer’s sun from weeping fountains,
The light-blown bubble vanished for ever,
The molten snow upon the naked mountains,
Are emblems that the treasures we up-lay
Soon wither, vanish, fade, and melt away. — Edmund Bolton · 1600