Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes

But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world as in my tyme. But age, alias! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith. Lat go, farewel! the devel go therwith! The flour is goon, ther is namoore to telle; The bren, as I best kan, now most I selle.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

Time bears away all things.

An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.

O Time and change! - with hair as gray as was my sire's that winter day, how strange it seems, with so much gone of life and love, to still live on!

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

I'm about to turn 60, and most of my memories reside in the brain of my wife.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

'Back To Love' is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it's a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.

I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm just grateful to know that the first time I fell in love wasn't the last time.

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

Time is not kind to everything.

There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.

One time, I was young. I was skinny. I was elegant. Getting old is terrible.

As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last.

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.

I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together.

How terrible a thing time is.

As I sit here writing and look across the room at Janice, I keep thinking of the most heartbreaking question: which of us will go first?

Relationships are temporary, and everyone needs to understand that.