impermanence Quotes

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.