“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.”

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Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder o… -384–-321 BC

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“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.”

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