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Quote 3168
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.by: William JamesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 3106
Life is a predicament which precedes death.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 3014
In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youthby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2988
For every 60 seconds of anger, you lose one minute of happinessShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2980
We study ourselves three weeks, we love each other three months, we squabble three years, we tolerate each other thirty years, and then the children start all over againby: Hyppolyte TaineShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2932
Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no timeby: John LockeShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2890
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new onesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2864
An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last returnShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2852
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendshipShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2775
When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.by: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2754
Remember that lost time does not return.by: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2749
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.by: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2690
Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itselfShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2681
Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmthShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2664
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule beginsShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2623
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a travelerby: Franz KafkaShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2581
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases alsoby: Edward CokeShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2304
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.by: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2301
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decayby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2060
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovableShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2044
America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeksby: John BarrymoreShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2037
Paper napkins never return from a laundry - nor love from a trip to the law courtsby: John BarrymoreShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2024
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passionby: AntisthenesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2011
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others comeby: Dante AlighieriShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 2010
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes directionby: Dante AlighieriShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1985
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decayShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1925
All my life I still have found, and I will forget it never; every sorrow hath its bound, and no cross endures forever.by: Paul GerhardtShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1919
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us; footprints on the sands of time.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1869
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternityby: William PennShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1843
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of loveFrench proverbShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1794
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idolby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1780
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its objectby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1756
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolvedby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1720
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the worldShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1719
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathiesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1702
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stopsShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1667
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.by: NapoleonShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1666
While we are postponing, life speeds byShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1639
Life is half spent before we know what it isby: George HerbertShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1406
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mindShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1378
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever endShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1377
Take away love and our earth is a tombby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 1364
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 943
To describe happiness is to diminish itby: StendhalShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 933
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happinessShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 930
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sailsby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 880
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, diesby: John DonneShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 762
Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is brokenby: OvidShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 757
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 610
From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 517
A man can die but once.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 452
To cease to think creatively is but little different from ceasing to liveShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 318
Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.by: ConfuciusShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 316
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of dateShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 295
Time bears away all things, even our mindsby: VergilShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 263
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religiousby: Sigmund FreudShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 240
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to loveShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 217
Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.Showing Quotes on transience
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Quote 213
Life is too short to be smallShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 193
I wasted time, and now doth time waste meShowing Quotes on transience
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Quote 37
Lost time is never found againShowing Quotes on transience
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