“Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.”
The Lake (1820), st. 9
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French writer, poet, and politician 1790–1869Related quotes
Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) Swiss painter and sculptor
reprinted in 'Zero', ed. Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press 1973, p. 120
Quotes, 1960's, untitled statements in 'Zero 3', (1961)
“So let love take us through the hours,
I won't be complainin'
'Cause this is love power.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Off the Wall (1979)
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Dis aliter visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Since God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it.”
Pope Leo X (1475–1521) Pope from 1513 to 1521
Statement to his brother, Giuliano, as quoted in The Claims of Christianity (1894) by William Samuel Lilly, p. 191
“Let us greedily enjoy our friends, because we do not know how long this privilege will be ours.”
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXIII
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
Vem sentar-te comigo, Lídia, à beira do rio.
Sossegadamente fitemos o seu curso e aprendamos
Que a vida passa, e não estamos de mãos enlaçadas.
(Enlacemos as mãos)
.....
Desenlacemos as mãos, porque não vale a pena cansarmo-nos.
Quer gozemos, quer não gozemos, passamos como o rio.
Mais vale saber passar silenciosamente
E sem desassossegos grandes.
Ricardo Reis (heteronym), ode translated by Peter Rickard.