Quote of Victor Hugo - We see past time in a...
Biography - Victor Hugo:
French writer, poet and dramatist.
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.
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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.
Quotes about the past:
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Quotes about the present:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Victor Hugo also said...
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