Quotes About Transience

Yes, it was clear: art goes by like life.

Y me sentí un transeúnte más que un día sería un transeúnte menos

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

when you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.

se aquilo que desaparece fosse destruído naquilo que não existe, todas as coisas teriam perecido, já que aquilo em que foram dissolvidas não existiria mais.

The porcelain rose is not as pretty as the one that decays.

Friends are always worth the moments of joy you share, even if they don't last.

All the words that have passed between you and me to this point are nothing. The empty exhalations of the grave. The muttering of the wind through two exhumed skulls.

war is long, life is short.

passion is like sand. It disappears no matter how tightly one tries to hold on to it.

She told me the darkness was greedy and light was fleeting." "What does it mean?

Sometimes I used to think that one day i should wake up, and all that had been would be over. forgotten, sunk, drowned. Nothing was sure - not even memory.

Now is now. And now will never be again. Tomorrow is another country. The magic of the present moment must be found out and be given a further life in the attic of our remembrance. ("Voices of the sea" )

I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success.

Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes; but no emotion any more than a wave can long retain its own individual form.

This world is magnificent for strangers and pilgrims, but miserable for residents.

Your life is like a little winter's day Whose sad sun rises late to set too soon; You have just come--why will you go away, Making an evening of what should be noon.

But London didn't care, she never does when you leave her because she knows for every one that leaves another two arrive. Besides, she was too busy painting on her neon lipstick and dolling herself up in red and gold.

You're asking me to be a flickering presence.

The problem with buttering up the boss is that bosses tend to move on, which can mean a lot of wasted butter.

Toda grandeza acaba: las montañas se desmoronan, y hechas polvo, van al fondo del mar; los imperios se derriban, y hechos pedazos van al fondo de la historia; las glorias se apagan, y apenas dejan chispas en las lejanías de lo pasado; el sol se apagará también, todo es cuestión de tiempo, y no dejará más que una osamenta fría rodando por el espacio.

Considerad que, antes de que nacierais, todo lo que veis arriba existió por miles de siglos, y por miles de siglos existirá después que os muráis. Vivimos sólo un instante

L'amour n'est qu'un point lumineux, et néanmoins il semble s'emparer du temps. Il y a peu de jours qu'il n'existait pas, bientôt il n'existera plus ; mais tant qu'il existe, il répand sa clarté sur l'époque qui l'a précédé, comme sur celle qui doit la suivre.