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Biography - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux:

French poet and critic.
Born: 1636 - Died: 1711
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Hâtons-nous ; le temps fuit, et nous traîne avec soi :
Le moment où je parle est déjà loin de moi.





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Quotes for: time


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Quotes about time:


In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Time is a great master; it regulates things well.





It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.





Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.





Time is the moving image of eternity.
Plato - Timaeus / 











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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.





Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.












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