Famous Quotes | All-devouring time, envious...

All-devouring time, envious age,
Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees,
Worn by your teeth, all things will lingering die. - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Attribution: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.–A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Metamorphoses, 15. 234-236.

Categories: Old Age, Time

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