time Quotes

A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Anger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer. Moreover, anger can be cured by time; but hatred cannot. The one aims at giving pain to its... ...

What soon grows old? Gratitude.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.

If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

Just as one swallow doesn't mean summer, and one day doesn't mean happiness, a single day or a short time doesn't make a person truly blessed and happy.

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.