Ephemeral Quotes

"Life is transient and dynamic, moving from one position to another. " "The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come" "The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it." "Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction" "They give birth astride of a grave the light gleams an instant then it's night once more" "It is evident that everything is in a continual flux, and it is as impossible to find any certain individual in the world as it is to take up any definite quantity of water in the ocean." "It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away " "All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead." "In itself a wall on which an artist works so that it disappears is a marvelous creation" "Nothing can happen more beautiful than death." "What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?" "The true picture of the past flits by " "In this short Life that only lasts an hour how much how little is within our power" "The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it." "You are the music while the music lasts" "Alas, how fleeting and enfeebled life passes from the world" "The world will perish and all things pass" "The caravan of life shall always pass; do not breathe a word, let it pass" "We shall all, without exception, be forgotten." "If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?"