Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
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Friedrich Schiller317 quotes“Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.”
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams But touch my tears, with your lips. Touch my world, with your fingertips. And we can have forever. And we can love forever. Forever is our today.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.
Abraham MaslowAbraham Maslow If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I’m grateful that so many of those moments are nice.
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Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut The only forever I have witnessed in my life is the relationship of love and goodbyes.
Anand ThakurAnand Thakur I know there is no such thing as forever. But I promise I will love you until the very end.
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