“This too will pass away. This includes me too.”

“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

“Trust not too much to that enchanting face;
Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.

Virgil book Eclogues

“Often when we realize how precious those seconds are, it's too late for them to be captured because the moment has passed. We realize too late.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

“Hell's brewin', dark sun's on the rise.
This storm'll blow through by and by.
House is on fire, wiper's in the grass;
A little revenge and this too shall pass.
This too shall pass, I'm gonna pray.
Right now all I got's this lonesome day.”

Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter

“Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”

Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright

“I tried to pass for nothing
But my dreams gave me away”

Conor Oberst (1980) American musician

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity

“It passes, but it does not pass away.”

László Krasznahorkai (1954) Hungarian novelist and screenwriter