Famous quotes containing the words decay and/or time:
“The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence,luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition,are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.”
—Cyril Connolly (19031974)
“I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)