“Time flows away like the water in the river.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea”
"Time", from the album The Turn Of A Friendly Card. (Written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.)
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But time
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