Quote#Death
Time passeth swift away
Quote byChristopher Marlowe · 1564–1593
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tamburlaine (c. 1588), Mycetes, Act I, scene i, line 68.
English (original)
Time passeth swift away; Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.
— Christopher Marlowe
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