“Time, in its stealthy gliding, cheats us all without our notice; nothing goes more swiftly than do the years.”

— Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book X (translation by Rolfe Humphries)

About Ovid

Roman poet, author of the 'Metamorphoses' and 'Tristia'.

“Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.”

“Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.”

“Love is a thing full of anxious fears.”

“Years following years steal something ev'ry day. At last they steal us from ourselves away.”

“O let not Time deceive you, you cannot conquer Time.”

“The Bird of Time has but a little way to fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.”

“Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“Youth comes but once in a lifetime.”