Transient Elements

Famous quotes containing the words transient and/or elements:

“A creature not too bright or good
For human nature’s daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“But all subsists by elemental strife;
And Passions are the elements of Life.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)