Quote of Publius Ovidius Naso - Time itself flows on in constant...
Biography - Publius Ovidius Naso:
Roman poet.
Born: -43 - Died: 17
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Born: -43 - Died: 17
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Time itself flows on in constant motion, just like a river. For neither the river nor the swift hour can stop its course; but, as wave is pushed on by wave, and as each wave is both impelled by that behind and itself impels the wave in front, so time both flees and follows and is ever new. For that which once existed is no more, and that which was not has come to be; and so the whole round of motion is gone through again.
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(French, Latin, German)
Ipsa quoque adsiduo labuntur tempora motu,
non secus ac flumen ; neque enim consistere flumen
nec leuis hora potest ; sed ut unda impellitur unda
rgeturque prior ueniente urgetque priorem,
tempora sic fugiunt pariter pariterque sequuntur
et noua sunt semper ; nam quod fuit ante, relictum est
fitque quod haud fuerat, momentaque cuncta nouantur.
non secus ac flumen ; neque enim consistere flumen
nec leuis hora potest ; sed ut unda impellitur unda
rgeturque prior ueniente urgetque priorem,
tempora sic fugiunt pariter pariterque sequuntur
et noua sunt semper ; nam quod fuit ante, relictum est
fitque quod haud fuerat, momentaque cuncta nouantur.
See also...
Quotes about time:
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Quotes about water:
Our deeds, our feelings, our thoughts, and our sensations just happen of themselves, as the rain falls and the water flows along the valley.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
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