John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot Quotes on Time
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Then talk not of Inconstancy, False Hearts, and broken Vows; If I, by Miracle, can be This live-long Minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heav'n allows.
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But oh, how slowly minutes roll When absent from her eyes, That feed my love, which is my soul: It languishes and dies.
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Then Old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a Search so painful, and so long, That all his Life he has been in the wrong.
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And ever since the Conquest have been fools.