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“Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.”

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Ovid, born on March 20, 43 BC and died in 1 BC, was a renowned Roman poet of the ancient world. His works are diverse, including love poems, mythological poems, and satirical poems, with 'Metamorphoses' being his most famous work. more

“But though first love's impassioned blindness Has passed away in colder light, I still have thought of you with kindness, And shall do, till our last goodnight. The ever-rolling silent hours Will bring a time we shall not know, When our young days of gathering flowers Will be an hundred years ago.”

“A message came on the wireless for me. It said: ''. So the time had come, I thought, Eighth Army was taking the offensive. The date was, I think, May18th,1942.”

Thinking Said Time Messages Army Offensive Wireless

Author:Vladimir Peniakoff

“Parliaments are the great lie of our time.”

Lying Time Our Time Parliament

Author:Konstantin Pobedonostsev

“Even such isTime, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and 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, And from which earth, and grave, and dust The Lord shall raise me up, I trust.”

Way Stories Age Earth Joy Time Dark Pay Lord Youth Raises Silent Graves Dust Shut Up

Author:Walter Raleigh

“Since we're not young, weeks have to do time for years of missing each other.Yet only this odd warp in time tells me we're not young.”

Years Young Time Week Missing Odd Warp Missing Each Other

Author:Adrienne Rich

“The darkness crumbles away It is the same old druid Time as ever.”

Time Darkness Druids

Author:Isaac Rosenberg

“Earth has waited for them, All the time of their growth Fretting for their decay: Now she has them at last.”

Earth Lasts Time Growth Decay Last Time Fretting

Book:Delphi Complete Poetry, Plays, Letters and Prose of Isaac Rosenberg (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetry, Plays, Letters and Prose of Isaac Rosenberg (Illustrated)

“There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.”

World Two Political Used Culture Politics Diversity Social Justice Grandmother

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time.”

Time Perfect Youth Rose My Time Branches Prime Ivy Pluck Laurels

Author:Christina Rossetti

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