Quotes about time passing, verified at the source

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Indeed, everything apart from God is vain.

Originally in Arabic · English translation

I have seen death strike like a blind she-camel: it kills whom it hits, and whom it misses lives to grow old.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.

Never do to-morrow what you can do to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Stop, you two: let us weep at the memory of a beloved and a campsite at Siqt al-Liwa, between al-Dakhul and Hawmal.

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Distance has replaced our closeness, and estrangement has taken the place of our sweet meetings.

Originally in Arabic · English translation

My people will remember me when their trials grow grave; in the dark night, the full moon is missed.

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me.

To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity in an hour.

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

Originally in Arabic · English translation

I am weary of life’s burdens; whoever lives eighty years, indeed, grows weary.

Originally in Arabic · English translation

The days will show you what you did not know, and news will come from one you did not provision for the journey.

Remember that time is money.

The Child is Father of the Man.

Lost time is never found again.

Things do not change; we change.