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title: "744 Decay Quotes by 532 authors"
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> [Time is the speed at which the past decays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/time-is-the-speed-at-which-the-past-decays/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [“Is there anything that will not decay?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eiji-yoshikawa/is-there-anything-that-will-not-decay/)

[Eiji Yoshikawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eiji-yoshikawa/)

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> [Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallust/everything-rises-but-to-fall-and-increases-but-to-decay/)

[Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallust/)

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> [All things are subject to decay and change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polybius/all-things-are-subject-to-decay-and-change/)

[Polybius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polybius/)

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> [I sorrow that all fair things must decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-greene-halleck/i-sorrow-that-all-fair-things-must-decay/)

[Fitz-Greene Halleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-greene-halleck/)

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> [All things that have form eventually decay." -Orochimaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masashi-kishimoto/all-things-that-have-form-eventually-decay-orochimaru/)

[Masashi Kishimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masashi-kishimoto/)

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> [For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-james-bailey/for-ivy-climbs-the-crumbling-hall-to-decorate-decay/)

[Philip James Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-james-bailey/)

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> [See how time makes all grief decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/see-how-time-makes-all-grief-decay/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

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> [The degradation of the sense of symbol in modern society is one of its many signs of spiritual decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-degradation-of-the-sense-of-symbol-in-modern-society-is-one-of/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [You guard against decay, in general, and stagnation, by moving, by continuing to move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-daly/you-guard-against-decay-in-general-and-stagnation-by-moving-by/)

[Mary Daly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-daly/)

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> [You made me throw it all away, my morals left to decay, how many you betray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nine-inch-nails/you-made-me-throw-it-all-away-my-morals-left-to-decay-how-many-you/)

[Nine Inch Nails](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nine-inch-nails/)

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> [To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/to-accept-civilization-as-it-is-practically-means-accepting-decay/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/so-peaceful-shalt-thou-end-thy-blissful-days-and-steal-thyself-from/)

[Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/)

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> [When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-love-begins-to-sicken-and-decay-it-uses-an-enforced-ceremony/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“This I tell you: decay is inherent in all conditioned things. Work out your own salvation, with diligence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/this-i-tell-you-decay-is-inherent-in-all-conditioned-things-work-out/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-secondat/the-deterioration-of-a-government-begins-almost-always-by-the-decay/)

[Charles de Secondat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-secondat/)

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> [People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-hugh-munro/people-may-say-what-they-like-about-the-decay-of-christianity-the/)

[Hector Hugh Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-hugh-munro/)

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> [I'm trying to photograph an old offshore oil city that is lying in decay in the Caspian Sea, but I've been having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burtynsky/i-m-trying-to-photograph-an-old-offshore-oil-city-that-is-lying-in/)

[Edward Burtynsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-burtynsky/)

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> [Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/time-on-its-back-bears-all-things-far-away-full-many-a-challenge-is/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [ Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact \[is\] that in their day the great achievements of the past… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/without-adventure-civilization-is-in-full-decay-the-great-fact-is/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [If time and space, as sages say, Are things which cannot be, The sun which does not feel decay No greater is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-time-and-space-as-sages-say-are-things-which-cannot-be-the-sun/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-northcote-parkinson/perfection-of-planning-is-a-symptom-of-decay-during-a-period-of/)

[C. Northcote Parkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-northcote-parkinson/)

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> [The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-beautiful-chariots-of-kings-wear-out-this-body-too-undergoes/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-childhood-dies-its-corpses-are-called-adults-and-they-enter/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-a-baran/to-contribute-to-the-emergence-of-a-society-in-which-development-will/)

[Paul A. Baran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-a-baran/)

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> [Across the land a faint blue veil of mist Seems hung; the woods wear yet arrayment sober Till frost shall make them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegfried-sassoon/across-the-land-a-faint-blue-veil-of-mist-seems-hung-the-woods-wear/)

[Siegfried Sassoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegfried-sassoon/)

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> [Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/oh-ever-thus-from-childhood-s-hour-i-ve-seen-my-fondest-hopes-decay-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/eating-sleeping-cleaning-the-years-no-longer-rise-up-toward-heaven/)

[Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/)

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> [The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-polak/the-rise-and-fall-of-images-of-the-future-precedes-or-accompanies-the/)

[Fred Polak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-polak/)

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> [It is reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/it-is-reported-of-that-prodigy-of-parts-monsieur-pascal-that-till-the/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [Suppose we took a thousand negatives... combining the elegances, the squalor, the curiosities, the monuments, the sad faces, the triumphant faces, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/suppose-we-took-a-thousand-negatives-combining-the-elegances-the/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

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> [The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-actions-of-bad-men-produce-only-temporary-evil-the-actions-of/)

[Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-thomas-buckle/)

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> [“Maybe,' he said hesitantly, 'maybe there is a beast.' The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. 'You, Simon?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/maybe-he-said-hesitantly-maybe-there-is-a-beast-the-assembly-cried-2/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold. New-made friendships, like new wine, Age will mellow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-parry/make-new-friends-but-keep-the-old-those-are-silver-these-are-gold-new/)

[Joseph Parry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-parry/)

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> [To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/to-a-mistress-dying-lover-your-beauty-ripe-and-calm-and-fresh-as/)

[William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/)

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> [What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/what-has-soul-in-it-differs-from-what-has-not-in-that-the-former/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/to-say-it-s-the-poor-quality-of-the-paint-under-socialism-is-correct/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

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> [Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-did-i-not-die-more-miserable-than-man-ever-was-before-why-did-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-spenser/one-day-i-wrote-her-name-upon-the-strand-but-came-the-waves-and-wash/)

[Edmund Spenser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-spenser/)

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> [Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/movement-change-light-growth-and-decay-are-the-lifeblood-of-nature/)

[Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/)

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                        "text": "Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.",
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                        "text": "Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper.",
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                        "text": "The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society’s image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, however, the culture does not long survive",
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                        "text": "“Maybe,' he said hesitantly, 'maybe there is a beast.' The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. 'You, Simon? You believe in this?' 'I don't know,' said Simon. 'But . . .' His heartbeats were choking him. The storm broke. 'Sit down!' 'Shut up!' 'Take the conch!' 'Sod you!' 'Shut up!' Ralph shouted. 'Hear him! He's got the conch!' 'What I mean is. Maybe . . . it's only us.' 'Nuts!' That was Piggy, shocked out of decorum. 'We could be sort of . . .' Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness.”",
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                        "text": "To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh, Add light to some small star. Philosopher. Whilst she yet lives, were stars decay'd, Their light by hers relief might find; But Death will lead her to a shade Where Love is cold and Beauty blind. Lover. Lovers, whose priests all poets are, Think every mistress, when she dies, Is changed at least into a star: And who dares doubt the poet wise? Philosopher. But ask not bodies doom'd to die To what abode they go; Since Knowledge is but Sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.",
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                        "text": "What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than one sense, and provided any one alone of these is found in a thing we say that thing is living. Living, that is, may mean thinking or perception or local movement and rest, or movement in the sense of nutrition, decay and growth. Hence we think of plants also as living, for they are observed to possess in themselves an originative power through which they increase or decrease in all spatial directions.",
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                        "text": "“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal exploitation and air pollution, bad gasoline and bad cars, or lack of money - that again would be correct. But not the whole story. All these reasons (and probably many more) are not enough to explain the decrepitude. I think the reason is in us. The cities have been killed by our decades of indifference, by our conviction that somebody else - the government, the party, those 'above' - is in charge of it. Not us. How can it be us, if we are not in charge of our own lives?”",
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                        "text": "Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents: how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb! Of what materials was I made, that I could thus resist so many shocks, which, like the turning of the wheel, continually renewed the torture? But I was doomed to live;",
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                        "text": "One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his prey. Vain man (said she) that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wipèd out likewise. Not so (quod I); let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame; My verse your virtues rare shall eternise, And in the heavens write your glorious name: Where, when as Death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.",
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                        "text": "Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. Nature is in a state of change and that change is the key to understanding. I want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather. Each work grows, stays, decays. Process and decay are implicit. Transience in my work reflects what I find in nature.",
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