“Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an ebbing sea.” TimeCoursesFateSeaEternalCommandSteadyFists Author:John Ford
“The poets get a quizzical ahem. They reflect time, I am the very ticking.” TimePoet Author:Roy Fuller
“I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time.” EndsTimeWishEnemyPaintingGeniusOilEnd TimesWish YouRegularityVinegarPunctualityI Wish You WouldOil And Vinegar Author:Thomas Gainsborough
“It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.” PeopleKnowsWellsStatesEnoughTimeMovementGood EnoughSensationsEnd TimesInkSpend TimeNot Good EnoughRuts Author:John Galsworthy
“But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.” SoulEyeTimeRichPagesCurrentsNobleRageChillSpoilRepressed Author:Thomas Gray
“Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.” HeartTimeTasteCrave Author:Robert Greene
“The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.” VanityPreserves Author:Miguel de Cervantes
“How is it possible to sayan unkind or irreverential word of Rome? The city of all time, and of all the world!” WorldTimeCitiesAll TimeRomeUnkind Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne
“So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in endless night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying; Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying.” MadeLyingNightTimeSongDelightEndlessShadeFleetingFables Author:Robert Herrick
“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying.” MayStillsDeathPoetryTimeOpportunityDyingFlowerTomorrowRoseFlyingTime ManagementBudImpermanenceOld TimeRosebudsRose Buds Author:Robert Herrick
