Quote#Time
Time passes—Time the consoler—Time the anodyne—Time the grey calm…
Quote byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1811–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sketches and Travels in London (1847–1850), "On the Pleasures of Being a Fogy", p. 143..
English (original)
Time passes—Time the consoler—Time the anodyne—Time the grey calm satirist, whose sad smile seems to say, Look, O man, at the vanity of the objects you pursue, and of yourself who pursue them!
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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