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

— Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace, Book II, Epistle 2

About Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744

English poet, author of "An Essay on Criticism" and "The Rape of the Lock".

“To err is human, to forgive divine.”

“Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown propos'd as things forgot.”

“Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'tis but the funeral of the former year.”

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

“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.”

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

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“Become who you are.”