Who said...?
December 18, 2021 9:40 AM Subscribe
Who said "Time is the only thing which only passes?"
Google turns up exactly one result, which is me using the phrase in a poem and mentioning how I can't find (or remember) the source of the quote. I remember it as being from Borges, but I can find no evidence to confirm or disprove it.
Does this ring any bells for anyone? Thank you for any help.
Google turns up exactly one result, which is me using the phrase in a poem and mentioning how I can't find (or remember) the source of the quote. I remember it as being from Borges, but I can find no evidence to confirm or disprove it.
Does this ring any bells for anyone? Thank you for any help.
Henry Austin Dobson saidposted by Rash at 11:02 AM on December 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl Nightingale
posted by evilmonk at 2:50 PM on December 18, 2021
Earl Nightingale
posted by evilmonk at 2:50 PM on December 18, 2021
Response by poster: I do appreciate the tangents, but the quote I'm looking for is very nearly as stated (with slight slippages of translation or memory, maybe).
posted by sleevener at 3:31 PM on December 18, 2021
posted by sleevener at 3:31 PM on December 18, 2021
Is it maybe: "Sólo perduran en el tiempo las cosas que no fueron del tiempo."
-Borges, La rosa profunda (source)
Roughly: The only things that last in time are things that were not (made) of time.
posted by dr. boludo at 2:07 PM on December 20, 2021
-Borges, La rosa profunda (source)
Roughly: The only things that last in time are things that were not (made) of time.
posted by dr. boludo at 2:07 PM on December 20, 2021
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