“Nothing lies on our hands with such uneasiness as time. Wretched and thoughtless creatures! In the only place where covetousness were a virtue we turn prodigals.” HandsLyingTimeTurnsVirtueCreaturesWretchedCovetousnessUneasinessProdigals Author:Joseph Addison
“Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.” GivingFirstsTimeTurnsOpinionTheorySharpnessGrindstone Author:Antoine Rivarol
“Theoretically, we know that the world turns, but in fact we do not notice it, the earth on which we walk does not seem to move andwe live on in peace. This is how it is concerning Time in our lives. And to render its passing perceptible, novelists must... have their readers cross ten, twenty, thirty years in two minutes.” KnowsWorldYearsDoeTwoFactsSeemsEarthMovingTimeTurnsReadingWalksOur LivesMinutesReaderTenCrossesTwentiesPassingPassingsNovelistsThirtyThirty Years Author:Marcel Proust
“Cheat me not with time, with the dull ache of flesh, for all flesh turns, even the loveliest ankle and frail thigh, to bitterest dust.” TimeTurnsFleshDustDullMortalityCheatAcheThighsFrailAnklesTransience Book:Collected Poems 1912-1944 Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944