Nae man can tether time or tide.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- No one can control the passage of time or the flow of the tide.
- In plain terms
- Time and nature cannot be held back by anyone.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that some forces are beyond your control.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can you not control?
- How do you deal with time passing?
Another view
Some processes can be slowed even if not stopped.
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But pleasures are like poppies spread- You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river- A moment white-then melts forever.
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