"Every thing that grows / Holds in..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Every thing that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment.
An image illustrating the quote: "Every thing that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment...."
More by William Shakespeare
More on Impermanence
“To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.”
“Reflect frequently upon the instability of things, and how very fast the scenes of nature are shifted. Matter is in perpetual flux. Change is always and everywhere at work; it strikes through causes and effects, and leaves nothing fixed and permanent.”
“He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep himself erect, shouldering his gun bravely. A door was suddenly opened, the draught caught the little dancer and she fluttered like a sylph, straight into the fire, to the soldier, blazed up and was gone! By this time the soldier was reduced to a mere lump, and when the maid took away the ashes next morning she found him, in the shape of a small tin heart. All that was left of the dancer was her spangle, and that was burnt as black as a coal.”